Impact of Flood Due to Typhoon Hagibis on Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events in the Disaster Area of Nagano City: A Sub-Analysis Using Data From the SAVE Trial. (15th March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Komatsu, Toshinori; Miura, Takashi; Sunohara, Daisuke; Yahikozawa, Kumiko; Momose, Tomoyasu; Kouno, Tunesuke; Motoki, Hirohiko; Mochidome, Tomoaki; Kasai, Toshio; Kuwahara, Koichiro; Ikeda, Uichi
• Is Part Of: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. Volume 17(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-03-15
• Subjects: angina pectoris -- cardiovascular disease -- cerebrovascular disorders -- flood disaster -- Typhoon Hagibis; Disaster medicine -- Periodicals; Emergency management -- Planning -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; 363.34
• DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.16
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1935-7893

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effects of flooding due to Typhoon Hagibis on the incidence of cardiovascular/cerebrovascular events in Nagano City. Methods: The SAVE trial retrospectively enrolled 2426 patients hospitalized for cardiovascular/cerebrovascular disease in 5 hospitals in Nagano City from October 1 to December 31 in 2017 and 2018 (pre-disaster period) and in 2019 (post-disaster period). From these, 280 patients who were hospitalized in a district flooded in 2019 were recruited for the same period (October 12 to December 31) over the 3 years. The baseline characteristics of and the incidence of cardiovascular/cerebrovascular disease in cases from the flooded district in 2019 were compared with those of cases in the flooded district in 2017 and 2018. Results: The total number of patients with acute myocardial infarction did not differ significantly between the post- and pre-disaster periods. The incidence of unstable angina pectoris was significantly higher in 2019 (n = 4, 5.1%) than in 2017 and 2018 (n = 0, 0.0%) ( P = 0.001). Conclusions: This study did not prove the impact of flood due to a typhoon on the incidence of cardiovascular/cerebrovascular events.