HIV POST SCD: RATES OF AUTOPSY-DEFINED SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC DEATH AND CARDIAC FIBROSIS ARE >60% HIGHER IN PERSONS WITH HIV

HIV+ persons have higher rates of CVD but the incidence of actual sudden arrhythmic deaths (SAD) in HIV remains unknown. Between 2011-2016, we prospectively identified all incident deaths attributable to cardiac arrest and presumed SCDs by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria among HIV+ persons