People living with HIV are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) particularly heart failure and stroke warn researchers. Our findings reinforce the importance of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease through control of risk factors such as high blood pressure or smoking in persons living with HIV said study lead author Alvaro Alonso from Emory University in the US. Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association the study analysed information from a large health insurance database. For the study researchers analysed information on 19798 people living with HIV and 59302 age- and sex-matched non-infected individuals who
