%0 Journal Article
%T Two cases of acute chest discomfort and the Central Italy earthquake
%A Alessandra Tanzilli
%A Andrea Moretti
%A Carlo Gaudio
%A Concetta Torromeo
%A Francesco Barill¨¤
%A Giuseppe Pannarale
%A Maria Cristina Acconcia
%A Valentina De Angelis
%A Vincenzo Paravati
%J Archive of "Oxford Medical Case Reports".
%D 2017
%R 10.1093/omcr/omx005
%X 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
%K earthquake
%K stress
%K takotsubo
%K cardiomyopathy
%K acute coronary syndrome
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934663/