Failure to Diagnose a Heart Attack: NY Attorneys
The consequences of a heart attack are severe. They can result in patients suffering functional limitations, incapacitation or even death. When early symptoms of a heart attack are present, it is the responsibility of your doctors to recognize them and take preventative actions.
Symptoms can include:
- chest tightness;
- pain radiating down the left arm;
- shortness of breath or sweating;
- nausea and wheezing.
If a patient shows signs of these symptoms, laboratory testing and imaging studies should be immediately ordered to determine the exact nature of the problem. Further analysis should include an electrocardiogram. Any delay in correctly diagnosing the infarction could result in the patient’s death. Once a myocardial infarction has been diagnosed, treatment should begin at once.
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