Why the study?
Patients with severe mental illness have earlier onset of cardiovascular risk factors predisposing to worse future heart failure, prompting investigation into associations between severe mental illness and long-term heart failure outcomes.
Does severe mental illness worsen long-term outcomes in patients with heart failure?
Population
20 906 patients with HF in the Duke University Health System
Comparison
Patients with SMI vs without SMI
Design
Retrospective cohort study
Authors
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Supports targeted monitoring in men with SMI and HF; leaves open causal mechanisms and intervention effects.
Does severe mental illness worsen long-term outcomes in patients with heart failure?
Severe mental illness is associated with increased all-cause mortality in men with heart failure and worse postprocedural outcomes overall, highlighting a need for closer follow-up.
Polcwiartek et al. (2021) studied this question.
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