Psychiatric disorders raise risk of sudden cardiac death across all age groups: study
Patients with schizophrenia have the highest risk but all should be monitored closely, researchers say.
Young people with schizophrenia have 4.5 times the risk of sudden cardiac death compared with the general population, a study shows.
Danish researchers drawing on nationwide data also found that people with bipolar disorder had a threefold increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), and those with depressive disorders had double the risk.
