Effect of the great east Japan earthquake on cardiovascular diseases - Report from the 10 hospitals in the disaster area

Tatsuo Aoki; Jun Takahashi; Yoshihiro Fukumoto; Satoshi Yasuda; Kenta Ito; Satoshi Miyata; Tsuyoshi Shinozaki; Kanichi Inoue; Tetsuo Yagi; Tatsuya Komaru; Yoshiaki Katahira; Atsushi Obata; Tetsuya Hiramoto; Hiroyasu Sukegawa; Kazunori Ogata; Hiroaki Shimokawa

doi:10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1594

Effect of the great east Japan earthquake on cardiovascular diseases - Report from the 10 hospitals in the disaster area

Tatsuo Aoki, Jun Takahashi, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Satoshi Yasuda, Kenta Ito, Satoshi Miyata, Tsuyoshi Shinozaki, Kanichi Inoue, Tetsuo Yagi, Tatsuya Komaru, Yoshiaki Katahira, Atsushi Obata, Tetsuya Hiramoto, Hiroyasu Sukegawa, Kazunori Ogata, Hiroaki Shimokawa

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Abstract

Background: We reported an increased occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) after the Great East Japan Earthquake by examining ambulance records, but it had to be confirmed by cardiologists. Methods and Results: We enrolled patients admitted to the cardiology department of the 10 hospitals in the disaster area from 4 weeks prior to 15 weeks after March 11 in the years 2008-2011 (n=14,078). The weekly occurrence of several CVDs, including heart failure (HF), pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) and infectious endocarditis (IE), was sharply and significantly increased after the Earthquake. Conclusions: The Disaster caused significantly increases in the occurrence of HF, PTE and IE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	490-493
Number of pages	4
Journal	Circulation Journal
Volume	77
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1594
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Cardiovascular disease
Disasters
Great east japan earthquake

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Aoki, T., Takahashi, J., Fukumoto, Y., Yasuda, S., Ito, K., Miyata, S., Shinozaki, T., Inoue, K., Yagi, T., Komaru, T., Katahira, Y., Obata, A., Hiramoto, T., Sukegawa, H., Ogata, K., & Shimokawa, H. (2013). Effect of the great east Japan earthquake on cardiovascular diseases - Report from the 10 hospitals in the disaster area. Circulation Journal, 77(2), 490-493. https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1594

Effect of the great east Japan earthquake on cardiovascular diseases - Report from the 10 hospitals in the disaster area. / Aoki, Tatsuo; Takahashi, Jun; Fukumoto, Yoshihiro; Yasuda, Satoshi; Ito, Kenta; Miyata, Satoshi; Shinozaki, Tsuyoshi; Inoue, Kanichi; Yagi, Tetsuo; Komaru, Tatsuya; Katahira, Yoshiaki; Obata, Atsushi; Hiramoto, Tetsuya; Sukegawa, Hiroyasu; Ogata, Kazunori; Shimokawa, Hiroaki.

In: Circulation Journal, Vol. 77, No. 2, 2013, p. 490-493.

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Aoki, T, Takahashi, J, Fukumoto, Y, Yasuda, S, Ito, K, Miyata, S, Shinozaki, T, Inoue, K, Yagi, T, Komaru, T, Katahira, Y, Obata, A, Hiramoto, T, Sukegawa, H, Ogata, K & Shimokawa, H 2013, 'Effect of the great east Japan earthquake on cardiovascular diseases - Report from the 10 hospitals in the disaster area', Circulation Journal, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 490-493. https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1594

Aoki, Tatsuo ; Takahashi, Jun ; Fukumoto, Yoshihiro ; Yasuda, Satoshi ; Ito, Kenta ; Miyata, Satoshi ; Shinozaki, Tsuyoshi ; Inoue, Kanichi ; Yagi, Tetsuo ; Komaru, Tatsuya ; Katahira, Yoshiaki ; Obata, Atsushi ; Hiramoto, Tetsuya ; Sukegawa, Hiroyasu ; Ogata, Kazunori ; Shimokawa, Hiroaki. / Effect of the great east Japan earthquake on cardiovascular diseases - Report from the 10 hospitals in the disaster area. In: Circulation Journal. 2013 ; Vol. 77, No. 2. pp. 490-493.

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