- Medical Negligence and Failure to Diagnose Heart Attacks
- Understanding Heart Attacks
- Seeking Compensation for Your Damages
- How Your Doctor May Have Failed to Diagnose You
- Call Berger and Green Today
Medical Negligence and Failure to Diagnose Heart Attacks
When doctors and healthcare providers fail our trust in protecting us from harm, innocent patients can be injured—or even lose their life—from a failure to diagnose a heart attack. Because medical providers must abide by a “standard of care,” they are responsible for providing the correct treatment, diagnosing patients correctly, administering the correct medication, and other duties.
If you or a loved one in Pittsburgh was not diagnosed properly and suffered a heart attack, Berger and Green may be able to help you file a claim to pursue compensation for your damages. A Pittsburgh failure to diagnose heart attacks lawyer from Berger and Green can help you and your family wade through the medical malpractice legal process as you look to make a full recovery.
Hospitals and doctors should be held accountable for their actions when they leave patients with severe injuries or medical complications due to their negligence. When looking to build a case with evidence that proves negligence against an at-fault party, call Berger and Green at (412) 661-1400. We offer our clients free consultations. Call now. You do not have to pay anything upfront. We will not charge you until we win you compensation or secure you a settlement package.
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Start A Free EvaluationUnderstanding Heart Attacks
According to Medical News Today, “a heart attack is a medical emergency in which the supply of blood to the heart becomes blocked, often as the result of a blood clot.” Your doctors may also use other names to describe a heart attack, such as cardiac infarction or myocardial infarction.
Medical News Today states that heart attacks can be caused for a variety of reasons, such as:
- Age
- A previous heart attack
- Diabetes
- Diet
- Increased cholesterol levels
- Genetics
- Heart surgery
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Stress
These are just a handful of the potential causes of your misdiagnosed heart attack—which your doctor had a standard of care to property identify for your health and safety. There is a possibility that you did not express the same indicators of a heart attack as other people.
According to the Mayo Clinic, there are several symptoms that may be indicative of a heart attack:
- Arm and chest pain (which can travel to your back, neck, or jaw)
- Cold sweats
- Feeling tired
- Dizziness
- Indigestion
- Heartburn
The American Heart Association lists chest pain as one of the early warning signs of a heart attack. If you have been suffering from this type of pain frequently, your doctor should have been able to provide you with proper heart attack testing. Another early warning sign of heart attacks is shortness of breath, which the American Heart Association states can happen with or without chest pain.
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Contact Us Now For HelpSeeking Compensation for Your Damages
At Berger and Green, we understand both how common and dangerous heart attacks can be. We also believe in holding negligent doctors or healthcare providers accountable when they fail our trust and do not properly diagnose ailments.
A Pittsburgh failure to diagnose heart attacks lawyer from our law firm can help you pursue the compensation for which you may be entitled. Some of the damages you may potentially receive compensation to cover may include, but are not limited to:
- Current and future medical costs
- Lost wages
- Pain and suffering
- Your injuries
To learn more about starting a potential medical malpractice case with Berger and Green for your misdiagnosed heart attack in Pittsburgh, call our law firm today at (412) 661-1400.
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Start A Free EvaluationHow Your Doctor May Have Failed to Diagnose You
After you suffered from a heart attack, you may feel that your doctor or healthcare provider did not properly diagnose your heart attack or even your heart disease. According to Mayo Clinic, doctors should be regularly testing their patients with continuous physical exams to check for early warning signs of a heart attack.
Mayo Clinic also states that doctors should provide several tests to patients transported to a hospital for heart attack-like symptoms. These tests include blood tests and an electrocardiogram, which is typically the first test done to detect a heart attack with electrical activity in the heart. The electrocardiogram may also show if a patient is experiencing a heart attack.
If you experienced a heart attack recently in Pittsburgh and noticed your doctor did not perform some or any of these tests to properly diagnose a heart attack, a Pittsburgh failure to diagnose heart attacks lawyer from Berger and Green may be able to investigate your healthcare provider for medical malpractice.
We can address all the legal hurdles that may be keeping you from getting a fair settlement.
Speak To An Attorney TodayCall Berger and Green Today
A failure to properly diagnose a heart attack can leave you with life-threatening injuries along with all of your medical costs. Berger and Green is ready to help you and your family pursue justice against a negligent doctor, other medical workers, and/or the hospital or facility. Call Berger and Green today at (412) 661-1400 to learn more about your legal recourse options and begin your path towards healing. You may have only two years to file a lawsuit against the negligent party under 42 PA.C.S. §5524(2).
We can inform you of your options and get started today. We will help you gather evidence and recruit expert witnesses to corroborate your testimony. Reach out today so we can begin. You should be able to focus on healing right now. Let us handle the confusing and stressful legal matters.
