Differential Diagnosis of Specific Cardiomyopathy in HIV-Adult With Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Via Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

The article presents a clinical case of secondary cardiomyopathy in an HIV patient with plasmablastic lymphoma due to the combined pathology (HIV infection with ongoing antiretroviral therapy in combination with antitumor therapy), in which the use of multimodal imaging contributed to establishing the correct diagnosis and excluding the unjustified use of invasive methods for diagnosing ischemic heart disease.

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