Mortality and Revascularization among Myocardial Infarction Patients with Schizophrenia: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease is a major source of mortality in schizophrenia, and access to care after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is poor for these patients.

Aims

To understand the relationship between schizophrenia and access to coronary revascularization and the impact of revascularization on mortality among individuals with schizophrenia and AMI.

Method

This study used a retrospective cohort of AMI in Ontario between 2008 and 2015. The exposure was a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and patients were followed 1 year after AMI discharge. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality within 1 year. Secondary outcomes were cardiac catheterization and revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft). Cox proportional hazard re

SUBMITTER: Hauck TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298580 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature