Risk of Cardiovascular Disease After Earthquake Disaster

摘要

Earthquake disasters more frequently occur in Japanthan in other countries of the world, and smallearthquakes as well as large ones have occurred invarious parts of Japan since the dawn of history. TheGreat Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Niigata ChuetsuEarthquake, Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE),Kumamoto Earthquake and so on have caused seriousdamages in the past few decades,1–5 and there is a dangerthat the Nankai Trough Earthquake or Capital TokyoInland Earthquake may occur in the future. In an earthquakedisaster, deaths caused by extrinsic factors such ascrushing deaths may be inevitable, but it is possible that wecan avoid secondary health damage such as acute cerebraland cardiovascular diseases (CVD), venous thromboembolismand serious infectious disease.