Matthew S. Durstenfeld

Aug 9, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Matthew S. Durstenfeld |C. Larry Hill |Robert M. Clare |Karen Chiswell

AbstractBackground: People with HIV (PWH) are at elevated risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (UREGs) with HIV in the southern U.S. are disproportionately affected, yet whether cardiology specialist care for this at-risk group improves blood pressure and lipid control or prevents cardiovascular events is unknown.

May 10, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Matthew S. Durstenfeld |Anjali B. Thakkar |Diane Jeon |Robert Short

The authors have declared no competing interest. Not applicable/retrospective observational study. Dr. Durstenfeld is funded by NIH grant NIH/NLBI (K12 HL143961). This work was assisted in part by a CFAR-ARI Boost Award from the UCSF AIDS Research Institute and was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through UCSF-CTSI Grant Number UL1TR001872. Dr. Tseng is funded by R01 HL157247 and the autopsy data were funded by R01HL102090.

Apr 9, 2024 | nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Matthew S. Durstenfeld |Shannon Weiman |Catherine A. Blish

In late summer of 2023, Keystone Symposia held the first scientific conference convening research leaders investigating the pathology behind Long COVID. The symposium “Long COVID and Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC): Pathogenesis and Treatment” was held at the Eldorado Spa and Resort in Santa Fe, New Mexico August 27–30, 2023. The conference was organized by Michael Holtzman, Steven Deeks, Resia Pretorius, and Catherine Blish.

Oct 24, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Matthew S. Durstenfeld |Michael J Peluso |Feng Lin |Noah D. Peyser

1 INTRODUCTION Symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 may persist as Long COVID, a type of postacute sequalae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) defined as unexplained symptoms attributed to COVID-19.1 Vaccination reduces but does not eliminate risk of Long COVID.2 Higher acute viral load or prolonged shedding may be associated with increased risk.3, 4 Recent studies suggest viral persistence in a subset of individuals with PASC, including prolonged gastrointestinal shedding, ongoing Spike and Nucleocapsid...

Sep 5, 2023 | ahajournals.org | Sophia Xiao |Nora Goldschlager |Matthew S. Durstenfeld

A 70-year-old man without previous cardiac history developed sudden onset epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting while watching television at home. In the emergency department 30 minutes after symptom onset, his blood pressure was 102/75 mmHg, oxygen saturation was normal (98%), and high-sensitivity troponin-I was elevated at 89 859 ng/L (normal <14 ng/L).