Impaired long-term outcomes of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder after coronary artery bypass surgery: nationwide case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder have increased risk of coronary artery disease.

Aims

To investigate long-term outcomes of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder and coronary artery disease after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG).

Method

Data from patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder (n = 126) were retrospectively compared with propensity-matched (1:20) control patients without schizophrenia spectrum disorder (n = 2520) in a multicentre study in Finland. All patients were treated with CABG. The median follow-up was 7.1 years. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality.

Results

Patients with diagnosed schizophrenia spectrum disorder had an elevated risk of 10-year mortality after CABG, compared with control p

SUBMITTER: Kallio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature