HIV induced pericarditis natural history


 * Associate Editor-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S.

Prognosis

 * Pericarditis in patients with HIV occurs in advanced stages of the disease or heralds the onset of full-blown AIDS and hence is a bad prognostic sign.


 * Pericarditis in HIV patients is also associated with shortened survival.