Prevalence and risk factors of peripheral arterial occlusive disease in adult Indian HIV positive patients The PAODH study.

Introduction: HIV causes arterial occlusive disease by atherosclerotic and non-atherosclerotic mechanisms. There are only limited studies assessing the prevalence and risk factors of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) in these patients: treatment parallels that of vascular disease due to other etiologies as a clear under- standing of the pathophysiology in HIV disease is lacking. As patients with HIV infection has near normal life...