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Cardiovascular disease mortality is elevated in ethnic minority women living with chronic HIV infection. The HIM Study is actively recruiting post-menopausal women from the greater Miami-Dade area living with hypertension and/or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The aim of this study is to examine the various ways chronic HIV-infection may contribute hypertension in these women. Specifically, we are investigating (1) an upstream model upstream model for the impact of HIV on cardio-respiratory interoceptive awareness, (2) a downstream model for the effect of HIV on the central nervous system’s ability to regulate heart rate and blood pressure, and (3) a psycho-neuro-immunological model for HIV-related psychological distress on monocyte activation and endothelial cell dysfunction. Who: adults living with hypertension or HIV. Heart Rate Variability
What: blood draw, psychological surveys, brain scan, cardio-autonomic testing.
When: now recruiting.
Where: Don Soffer Clinical Research Center Cox Neuroscience Annex
Why: persons living with HIV have a greater risk for neurocognitive dysfunction, psychological distress, and cardiovascular disease. The Heart in Mind Study examines how these health outcomes are related.
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Some of the data we collect
Vascular Endothelial Function
HIV Neuroinflammatory Markers
Resting State Functional Connectivity
fMRI
Blood Pressure Monitor
Flow Cytometry
Respiration, EKG, EDA
Blood draw
Exercise Test
Flow-mediated Dilation
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