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Failure to Diagnose a Heart Attack

 

Every year in the United States, 7 million people go to hospital emergency rooms complaining of chest pain or other symptoms that suggest they might be experiencing a heart attack. A missed heart attack diagnosis typically garners the highest malpractice payout among all medical malpractice cases.

 

The statistics surrounding heart disease and heart attacks in the U.S. are startling. A heart attack occurs about every 20 seconds, and deaths from heart attacks occur approximately once each minute. Almost 14 million Americans have a history of heart attack or angina, which is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle does not get enough blood.

Warning signs of a heart attack include:

 

• Shortness of breath, often occurring at the same time as chest pain, but can also occur before chest pain
• Chest discomfort or pain (squeezing, pressure or fullness)
• Discomfort in other areas of the upper body (one or both arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach)
• Cold sweat, nausea, light-headedness

 

Heart disease is the number one killer in the nation, and failure to diagnose a heart attack is the number one medical malpractice mistake in our country. Being aware of the warning signs and what diagnostic options should be made available to you in the hospital may just help save your life.

 

Heart Attack Malpractice FAQs

 

If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice in the New York area, including the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, please contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Silberstein Awad & Miklos, P.C. today to schedule your free consultation.

 

 

 

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