Impact of major earthquakes on the incidence of acute coronary syndromes – A systematic review of the literature

Natural disasters such as tsunami, hurricanes, and earthquakes may have a negative impact on cardiac health. The aim of our systematic review is to evaluate the impact of earthquakes on the incidence of acute coronary syndromes and cardiac mortality and to examine the impact of the time of earthquak...

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Main Authors: George Bazoukis, Gary Tse, Katerina K. Naka, Vasiliki Kalfakakou, Konstantinos Vlachos, Athanasios Saplaouras, Konstantinos P. Letsas, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Costas Thomopoulos, Paschalia Michelongona, Xenophon Bazoukis, Violeta González-Salvado, Tong Liu, Lampros K. Michalis, Adrian Baranchuk, Tomonori Itoh, Michael Efremidis, Costas Tsioufis, Stavros Stavrakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S110996661830037X