Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Severe Mental Illness

Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Severe Mental Illness Approximately 1% of the UK population have a diagnosis of a severe mental illness (SMI). A diagnosis of SMI is associated with a decrease in life expectancy of up to 20 years compared with the general population.1 Although part of this mortality gap is due to complications of psychiatric disease, such as suicide, the major cause of death is cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD).2,3 The increased risk of CVD in patie...
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research