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Vasculopathy of the large arteries in children infected by the human immune deficiency virus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Nancy Anyango Obor  and
Antoinette Myrna Cilliers
Nancy Anyango Obor
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics at the Coronation Hospital for Women and Children, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Antoinette Myrna Cilliers
Affiliation:
Division of Paediatric Cardiology at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Abstract

We report on two children with advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome presenting with vasculopathy involving the large vessels. Both patients had extensive involvement of the aorta and its branches. One patient presented with heart failure, and mild systemic hypertension secondary to renal arterial stenosis, while the other patient manifested with gangrene of both arms.

Keywords

Tuberculosiscardiac failurepaediatric cardiac disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 671 - 673
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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