title: Effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake on cardiovascular diseases--report from the 10 hospitals in the disaster area.
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.
  
  
  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.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors: Tatsuo
authors: T
authors: Aoki
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Takahashi
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Fukumoto
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Yasuda
authors: Kenta
authors: K
authors: Ito
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Miyata
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Shinozaki
authors: Kanichi
authors: K
authors: Inoue
authors: Tetsuo
authors: T
authors: Yagi
authors: Tatsuya
authors: T
authors: Komaru
authors: Yoshiaki
authors: Y
authors: Katahira
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Obata
authors: Tetsuya
authors: T
authors: Hiramoto
authors: Hiroyasu
authors: H
authors: Sukegawa
authors: Kazunori
authors: K
authors: Ogata
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Shimokawa
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000453:epidemiology