Óscar González Fernández, EACS 2021: Heart Failure in Patients with HIV – Drug-drug Interactions, Risk Factors and New Drugs

We had the pleasure of meeting with Dr Óscar González Fernández (La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain) to discuss the risk factors for heart failure in patients with HIV and drug-drug interactions for patients on HIV medication.

The presentation entitled: ‘Heart failure, new drugs, DDIs’ was presented at the 18th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2021), 27-30 October, 2021

Questions:

1. What are the risk factors for heart failure (HF) in patients with HIV? (0:25)
2. What are the current recommended treatment approaches and what are the limitations of this? (1:29)
3. What are the most common drug-drug interactions for patients on HIV medication? (2:09)
4. What do you see as key to rethinking our approach to therapeutic strategies for patients with HIV and HF? (3:06)

Disclosures: Óscar González Fernández has nothing to disclose in relation to this video.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Katey Gabrysch.

Filmed as a highlight of EACS (Hybrid) Conference 2021