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Cardiologia Croatica, Vol. 19 No. 3-4, 2024.

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https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2024.152

Cardiovascular risk factors among patients with severe mental disorders: an overview and the role of cardio-psychiatry in prevention strategies

Sergej Nadalin orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-9094 ; General Hospital “Dr. Josip Benčević”, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Domagoj Vučić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-3658 ; General Hospital “Dr. Josip Benčević”, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Maja Vilibić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5357-5890 ; Catholic University of Croatia, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Vjekoslav Peitl orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-6411 ; Catholic University of Croatia, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Luka Maršić ; General Hospital “Dr. Josip Benčević”, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Katica Cvitkušić Lukenda orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6188-0708 ; General Hospital “Dr. Josip Benčević”, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Dalibor Karlović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-7240 ; Catholic University of Croatia, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

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cardiovascular diseases; control and prevention; mental disorders; risk factors

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8.2.2024.

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Date received: 22 October 2023

Date accepted: 27 October 2023

Publication date: November 2023

Publication date: November 2023

Volume: 19

Issue: 3-4

Page: 152

Publisher ID: CC 2024 19_3-4_152

DOI: 10.15836/ccar2024.152

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Cardiovascular risk factors among patients with severe mental disorders: an overview and the role of cardio-psychiatry in prevention strategies

[https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-9094] Sergej Nadalin[1][2][*]

[https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-3658] Domagoj Vučić[1]

[https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5357-5890] Maja Vilibić[2][3]

[https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-6411] Vjekoslav Peitl[2][3]

Luka Maršić[1]

[https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6188-0708] Katica Cvitkušić Lukenda[1]

[https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-7240] Dalibor Karlović[2][3]

 

[1] General Hospital “Dr. Josip Benčević”, Slavonski Brod, Croatia

[2] Catholic University of Croatia, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

[3] University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia

Author notes:

Correspondence to: [*] ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Sergej Nadalin, Opća bolnica “Dr. Josip Benčević“, Andrije Štampara 42, HR-35000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia. / Phone: +385-35-201-835, Fax: +385-35-201-840 / E-mail: sergej.nadalin@medri.uniri.hr

Individuals with severe mental disorders (SMDs) consisting of schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar affective disorder have a life expectancy 15–25 years shorter compared to individuals from the general population (1). Despite the high rate of unnatural deaths (e.g., suicides, injuries), physical conditions represent the main cause of reduced life expectancy among individuals with SMD. Evidence suggests that physical conditions account for ~70% of deaths among individuals with SMD, with cardiovascular diseases contributing 17.4% and 22.0% to the reduction in overall life expectancy in men and women, respectively (2). Lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among individuals with SMD (e.g., unhealthy dietary pattern, cigarette smoking, reduced physical activity) are traditional risk factors that are also present, thought usually to a lesser extent, among individuals from the general population. Additional risk factors among individuals with SMD include the use of psychotropic medications (antipsychotic medications, specifically second-generation antipsychotics, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers) and biological risk factors (shared genetic loci for both SMDs and cardiovascular diseases) (3). Importantly, different cardiovascular risk factors among individuals with SMD interact by yet-undefined mechanisms which additionally complicate the relationship between SMDs and cardiovascular diseases (4). In the research literature, there is still a lack of studies on systematic assessment of cardiovascular risk factors among individuals with SMD. Furthermore, in clinical practice, comorbidity of cardiovascular diseases and psychiatric disorders is likely to be underrecognized and undertreated. In this work we discuss the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among individuals with SMD, highlighting the role of multidisciplinary approach comprising psychiatry and cardiology teams in prevention strategies. We also discuss clinically significant interactions between common cardiovascular and psychotropic medications as well as (neuro)psychiatric effects of common cardiovascular medications. Finally, we provide novel insights related to the genetic relationship between SMDs and cardiovascular diseases, based on genome-wide association studies.

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