Does intimate partner violence and correlate in pregnant HIV positive Nigerians?
IPV is common among HIV positive pregnant Nigerians; with a threefold increased risk in women in HIV serodiscordant relationship.
There was a relatively high prevalence of SEC and thrombi in patients with a mechanical valve prosthesis. Patients with a valve prosthesis may not have clinical symptoms. Anticoagulation intensity was not associated with the occurrence of SEC and thrombi. Patients with the mitral valve prosthesis and atrial fibrillation were identified as a high-risk of subgroup for the development of SEC and thrombi.