Conclusion

PAD in HIV-infected patients is not well understood. So far, peripheral atherosclero­sis has not been well dissociated from coro­nary artery disease in these patients. Vas- culitides remain very rare in HIV individu­als and their prevalence may be underesti­mated.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all our collaborators who participated in this study: J.L. Pellegrin and J.F. Viallard, Service de Medecine Interne et Mal­adies Infectieuses, Hopital Haut-Leveque; P. Mor- lat and J. Beylot, F. Bonnet, D. Lacoste and N. Bernard, Service de Medecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Hopital Saint-Andre; J. Constans, Service de Medecine Interne et Pathologie Vascu- laire, Hopital Saint-Andre; H Trillaud, Service de Radiologie, Hopital Saint-Andre; J.C. Baste and D. Midy, L. Besson and A. Dubourguet, Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hopital Pellegrin-Tripode; R. Thiebaut and V. Aurillac-Lavignolle, Inserm U593-ISPED, Universite Victor-Segalen Bordeaux 2, France. We also thank Janet Jacobson for edit­ing the manuscript.

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