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June 18, 2009

Inflammation test can predict heart attacks in people with HIV

"The researchers found that having an elevated CRP level more than doubled the risk of heart attack while having HIV infection slightly less than doubled it. Not surprisingly, then, having both risk factors raised the risk more than fourfold compared with people who had neither raised CRP nor HIV infection."

Read more in Aidsmap, June 17, 2009.

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