Alvi RM, Neilan AM, Tariq N, et al. - Among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus infection (PHIV) with heart failure (HF) who were hospitalized for HF, researchers identified the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the risk factors associated with it. Participants in the study were 2,578 patients hospitalized with HF from a single academic center, of whom 344 were PHIV. According to this retrospective study, PHIV hospitalized with HF are at a significantly heightened risk for SCD. In patients with lower left ventricular ejection fractions, lower CD4 counts, and higher viral load, SCD risk has been increased.