De novo electrocardiographic abnormalities in persons living with HIV

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Persons living with HIV (PLWH) may have increased incidence of cardiovascular events and longer QTc intervals than uninfected persons. We aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors of de novo major electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities and QTc prolongation in well-treated PLWH. We included virologically suppressed PLWH without major ECG abnormalities, who attended the 2-year follow-up in the Copenhagen comorbidity in HIV infection (COCOMO) study. ECGs were categorized according to Minnesota Code Manual. We defined de novo major ECG abnormalities as new major Minnesota Code Manual abnormalities. Prolonged QTc was defined as QTc > 460 ms in females and QTc > 450 ms in males. Of 667 PLWH without major ECG abnormalities at baseline, 34 (5%) developed de novo major ECG abnormalities after a median of 2.3 years. After adjustment, age (RR: 1.57 [1.08–2.28] per decade older), being underweight (RR: 5.79 [1.70–19.71]), current smoking (RR: 2.34 [1.06–5.16]), diabetes (RR: 3.89 [1.72–8.80]) and protease inhibitor use (RR: 2.45 [1.27–4.74) were associated with higher risk of getting de novo major ECG abnormalities. Of PLWH without prolonged QTc at baseline, only 11 (1.6%) participants developed de novo prolonged QTc. Five percent of well-treated PLWH acquired de novo major ECG abnormalities and protease inhibitor use was associated with more than twice the risk of de novo major ECG abnormalities. De novo prolonged QTc was rare and did not seem to constitute a problem in well-treated PLWH.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer20750
TidsskriftScientific Reports
Vol/bind11
Udgave nummer1
ISSN2045-2322
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by The Danish Heart Foundation. The COCOMO two-year follow-up was supported by an unrestricted research grant from Gilead.

Funding Information:
A.D.K has received a grant from The Danish Heart Foundation and a travelling grant from Gilead unrelated to this manuscript; LK has received personal fees from AstraZeneca and Novartis as speaker at symposia, unrelated to this manuscript; S.D.N. has received unrestricted research grants from Novo Nordisk Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation, Augustinus Foundation, Rigshospitalet Research Council. Advisory board activity for Gilead and GSK/ViiV. All unrelated to this manuscript. All other authors report no competing of interest.

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