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Journal Article
Lessons learned about stress and the heart after major earthquakes
2019
Overview
There is evidence that certain stressors can trigger cardiovascular events. Several studies have now demonstrated an increase in major adverse cardiac events associated with natural disasters such as an earthquake. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on earthquakes and cardiovascular events. Reports from 13 major quakes were reported. Earthquakes have been associated with a number of cardiac events including sudden cardiac death, fatal myocardial infarction (MI), myocardial infarction, stress cardiomyopathy, heart failure, stroke, arrhythmias, hypertension and pulmonary embolism. Most reports were associated with earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater. Cardiac events were reported within hours of the quakes. In some reports there was a sharp spike in cardiac events followed by a decrease; but in other quakes the increases in cardiac events lasted weeks, months and even years. There often was an association between the cardiac events and amount of personal property loss. The Great East Japan Earthquake was an unusual event in that it was associated with a major tsunami and cardiac events appeared worse in inundated areas due to flooding. Some but not all reports suggested more MIs associated with early morning earthquakes that woke up the population. Hospitals in earthquake-prone areas should consider developing plans for handling increases in myocardial infarctions and other cardiac events that are associated with earthquakes.
Publisher
Elsevier Inc,Elsevier Limited
Subject
/ Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
/ Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
/ Cardiovascular Diseases - psychology
/ Embolism
/ Flooding
/ Heart
/ Humans
/ Ischemia
/ Stress, Psychological - complications
/ Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
/ Stress, Psychological - psychology
/ Stroke
/ Tsunamis
