Why the study?
Does severe mental illness (schizophrenia or bipolar disorder) affect the receipt of revascularization procedures and inpatient mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Population
3,361 adult patients with incident acute myocardial infarction between 1996 and 2007, including 834 with…
Comparison
Diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder vs Random sample of adults without severe mental…
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
Inpatient (during index AMI episode)
Authors
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Schizophrenia with AMI is associated with higher mortality and fewer procedures; leaves open whether equity interventions improve outcomes in severe mental illness.
Does severe mental illness (schizophrenia or bipolar disorder) affect the receipt of revascularization procedures and inpatient mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Patients with severe mental illness (schizophrenia or bipolar disorder) experience significant disparities in cardiac care, receiving fewer invasive procedures and suffering higher inpatient mortality after acute myocardial infarction.
Wu et al. (2012) studied this question.
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