Sudden Cardiac Death in Schizophrenia
Volkov V.P
Dec 31, 2019
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Journal of Clinical & Biomedical Research
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Key Takeaway Key Takeaway: Sudden cardiac death in schizophrenia patients is mainly due to chronic ischemic heart disease and neuroleptic cardiomyopathy, with some cases linked to side cardiotoxic effects of various antipsychotic drugs.
Abstract
Under the special scheme materials of archive of the Tver regional psychiatric clinical hospital with 1952 for 2010 are studied and statistically analysed. Sudden death is ascertained at 12.4 % died in-patient of schizophrenia without dependence from their sex and age. In the suppressing majority it is sudden cardiac death owing to a chronic ischemic heart disease and an neuroleptic cardiomyopathy. The part of cases is caused by exchange infringements at schizophrenia (attrition or adiposity). The sudden cardiac death among suffering by schizophrenia is connected to some extent with side cardiotoxic effect of various antipsychotic drugs, both classical, and atypical