Advances in HIV care have revolutionized treatment for people with HIV, which has extended the life expectancy of these patients over the last 25 years. A collaborative analysis published in 2015 by Trickey and colleagues demonstrated that a person living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with a high CD4 count has a life expectancy only a few years less than the general population.1
Worldwide, cardiovascular disease (CVD) results in a significant