Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia and their healthy relatives – a small review
The majority of excess mortality among people with schizophrenia seems to be caused by cardiovascular complications, and in particular, coronary heart disease. In addition, the prevalence of heart failure and arrhythmias is increased in this population. Reduced efferent vagal activity, which has bee...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2015.00139/full |