Identifying and Reducing Risks in HIV-Positive Lung Transplant Recipients

Lung transplantation in HIV-positive patients is under-studied, resulting in limited understanding of potential complications and outcomes. To fill these knowledge gaps, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Ahmad Goodarzi, MD, published a three-patient case series, which added to developing literature that lung transplants in HIV-positive patients are feasible, but careful modification of immunosuppression and close monitoring of post-op complications is vital.

Women with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases are at a Higher Risk than Men

Houston Methodist researchers performed one of the largest studies of nearly 1 million patients suffering from atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases to find significant gender dissimilarities in statin utilization.