Study explores heart specialist access for HIV patients in minority groups
NCT ID NCT04025125
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at health records of over 2,000 people with HIV from racial and ethnic minority groups to see if seeing a heart specialist (cardiologist) helps prevent heart disease. Researchers tracked who visited a cardiologist and for how long, up to 5 years. The goal is to learn how to better manage heart disease risk in these communities.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better guidelines for preventing heart disease in people with HIV from minority groups.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective review of existing health records, not a controlled trial, so it can only show associations, not cause and effect. Results may not apply to other populations.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, 27707, United States
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