To calculate the rate of interventional cardiac procedures (ICP) among HIV-infected individuals ever treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) and to describe clinical and sociodemographic characteristics associated with ICP.
Since 1992, ART in British Columbia (BC) has been centrally distributed by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. The BC Cardiac Registry maintains information regarding all cardiac procedures performed in BC. The two databases were linked to determine the number of HIV-positive individuals on ART who underwent ICP. Age-adjusted analyses were conducted using direct standardization, and linear regression to test for trend over time. Logistic regression was used to identify patient and treatment characteristics independently associated with having an interventional cardiac procedure.
Of the 5082 individuals who have ever received ART, 63 (