By Donald G. McNeil, Jr.
The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Godfrey was 19 when he found out he had H.I.V. He was 29 when he began antiretroviral therapy. He was 43 when he had a heart attack.
“I felt fluttery,” he said. “Weird and fluttery. It went away. I ignored it. A week later, it came back, and this time I felt something in my arm too. I was too stupid to call an ambulance. I got in a cab and went to the hospital.”
Mr. Godfrey’s experience exemplifies something a few AIDS specialists have long suspected, and cardiologists have now found evidence to support: People infected with H.I.V. have more heart attacks and have them earlier in life. Even patients whose infection is well suppressed by AIDS drugs are at higher risk.
Full Story: Heart attacks are much more frequent in HIV patients