Somatic Hospital Contacts, Invasive Cardiac Procedures, and Mortality From Heart Disease in Patients With Severe Mental Disorder

Individuals with severe mental disorder had only negligible excess rates of contact for heart disease. Given their excess mortality from heart disease and lower rates of invasive procedures after first contact, it would seem that the treatment for heart disease offered to these individuals in Denmark is neither sufficiently efficient nor sufficiently intensive. This undertreatment may explain part of their excess mortality.