Publications by authors named "S Di Yacovo"
Objectives: To compare the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in virologically suppressed HIV patients with that of a community sample, and to evaluate the capacity of various cardiovascular risk (CVR) equations for predicting carotid atherosclerosis.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with two randomly selected groups: HIV patients from an HIV unit and a control group drawn from the community. Participants were matched by age (30-80 years) and sex without history of cardiovascular disease.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate how HIV infection and combined antiretroviral therapy (c-ART) impact proatherogenic biomarkers and lipids, and their links to early signs of atherosclerosis in treatment-naive patients.
- A comparative analysis was conducted with two groups of HIV-infected patients (one starting c-ART and the other not) alongside healthy controls, with various biomarkers measured at different time points using lab tests and carotid ultrasounds.
- Results indicated that HIV-infected patients initially had poorer lipid profiles and higher inflammatory markers; however, those starting c-ART showed improvements in certain lipid levels and reductions in inflammatory markers over time, while signs of atherosclerosis increased in both groups of HIV patients.
Objective: To assess the impact of a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention on cardiovascular risk and carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT) in HIV-infected patients with Framingham scores (FS) > 10%.
Design: Randomized pilot study; follow-up 36 months.
Methods: Virologically suppressed adult HIV-1-infected patients with FS >10% were randomized 1:1 to the intervention group (multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention) or control group (routine care).
Background: Colonization by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has been found to be markedly more common in HIV-infected individuals in the USA. Studies evaluating the prevalence MRSA colonization in HIV-infected populations in Europe are scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of MRSA colonization in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Barcelona, Spain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated kidney function outcome in 24 chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 patients coinfected with HIV receiving telaprevir in a single tertiary care hospital in Spain. A statistically significant median (interquartile range) decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m) relative to baseline [93.
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