We present the cases of two postmenopausal women presenting to our emergency department with acute chest discomfort soon after the Central Italy earthquake. Different diagnoses were made in the two patients. The role of the earthquake as a stressful event triggering diverse chest pain syndromes is discussed.

Two cases of acute chest discomfort and the central italy earthquake / Pannarale, Giuseppe; Torromeo, Concetta; Acconcia, Maria Cristina; Moretti, Andrea; De Angelis, Valentina; Tanzilli, Alessandra; Paravati, Vincenzo; Barilla', Francesco; Gaudio, Carlo. - In: OXFORD MEDICAL CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2053-8855. - STAMPA. - 2017:3(2017), pp. 21-23. [10.1093/omcr/omx005]

Two cases of acute chest discomfort and the central italy earthquake

PANNARALE, Giuseppe
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TORROMEO, Concetta;ACCONCIA, Maria Cristina;MORETTI, ANDREA;DE ANGELIS, VALENTINA;TANZILLI, ALESSANDRA;PARAVATI, Vincenzo;BARILLA', Francesco;GAUDIO, Carlo
2017

Abstract

We present the cases of two postmenopausal women presenting to our emergency department with acute chest discomfort soon after the Central Italy earthquake. Different diagnoses were made in the two patients. The role of the earthquake as a stressful event triggering diverse chest pain syndromes is discussed.
2017
acute coronary syndrome; cardiomyopathy; earthquake; stress; takotsubo
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Two cases of acute chest discomfort and the central italy earthquake / Pannarale, Giuseppe; Torromeo, Concetta; Acconcia, Maria Cristina; Moretti, Andrea; De Angelis, Valentina; Tanzilli, Alessandra; Paravati, Vincenzo; Barilla', Francesco; Gaudio, Carlo. - In: OXFORD MEDICAL CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2053-8855. - STAMPA. - 2017:3(2017), pp. 21-23. [10.1093/omcr/omx005]
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