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Query: UMLS:C0494475 (tonic-clonic seizure)
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Three cases of dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with IIIV/AIDS are being reported. The three patients are of young age group and they presented with cardiac symptoms for the first time. They were all heterosexuals and not known was as intravenous drug abuser. There was no history of rheumatic fever or hypertension or diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease. Examination confirmed cardiac failure and investigations including chest x-ray, echocardiograph and electrocardiograph confirmed dilated heart. All the patients tested positive to HIV-1 antibodies. They were managed with the usual anticardiac failure regimen. Two of the patients died on admission, one developed multi organ failure and the other had tonic-clonic seizure. In other parts of Africa reports have also emerged describing the cardiovascular involvement in HIV/AIDS.
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PMID:Cardiovascular involvement in HIV/AIDS: report of 3 cases. 1188 84