Cardiovascular Events after the Sewol Ferry Disaster, South Korea.

So Yeon Joyce KongKyoung Jun SongSang Do ShinYoung Sun Ro

Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2019)

This study showed a significant increase in the incidence of acute cardiovascular events during the week of, and the three weeks after, the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014. These additional cardiac emergencies may be triggered by emotional stressors related to the event, highlighting the public health importance of indirect exposure to a tragic catastrophe.Kong SY, Song KJ, Shin SD, Ro YS. Cardiovascular events after the Sewol ferry disaster, South Korea. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2019;34(2):142-148.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
coronary artery disease
public health
cardiovascular disease
liver failure
risk factors
left ventricular
randomized controlled trial
drug induced
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
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aortic dissection
acute respiratory distress syndrome