Risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Carlo Alberto BarcellaGrimur MohrKristian KragholmDaniel ChristensenThomas A GerdsChristoffer PolcwiartekMads WissenbergCasper BangFredrik FolkeChristian Torp-PedersenLars Vedel KessingGunnar Hilmar GislasonKathrine Bach SøndergaardPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2021)
Patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia have a higher rate of OHCA compared with the general population. Cardiac disease, cardiovascular risk factors and antipsychotics represent important underlying mechanisms.