Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
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Effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Cardiovascular Diseases
– Report From the 10 Hospitals in the Disaster Area –
Tatsuo AokiJun TakahashiYoshihiro FukumotoSatoshi YasudaKenta ItoSatoshi MiyataTsuyoshi ShinozakiKanichi InoueTetsuo YagiTatsuya KomaruYoshiaki KatahiraAtsushi ObataTetsuya HiramotoHiroyasu SukegawaKazunori OgataHiroaki Shimokawa
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2013 Volume 77 Issue 2 Pages 490-493

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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.  (Circ J 2013; 77: 490–493)

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