Congestive Heart Failure Expert Witness

This case involves a 70-year-old female that presented to the emergency room with a history of deep vein thrombosis. She complained of developing back, chest, and arm pain and numbness. Her physician discussed the high risk of the patient developing…

This case involves a female infant who suffered pneumonia at 16 months of age. She was taken to the pediatrician’s office and seen by a nurse practitioner, not the pediatrician. The infant had a chest x-ray which was read as…

This case involves a middle-aged male patient who had a medical history significant for diabetes and obesity who was being treated for a cardiovascular condition with a diuretic medication. The Plaintiff presented at the defendant nephrologist’s office after undergoing a…

Plaintiff from Minnesota underwent cardiac catheterization due to unstable angina and congestive heart failure. The defendant cardiologist reported that the left main and left circumflex coronary arteries (LM and LCX) each had blockages of 90% and he then stented them.…

A cardiology expert advises on a case involving a man in his 60’s was admitted to the hospital after complaining of dyspnea on exertion and bilateral lower extremity edema. He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure with unknown function. Infectious…

This case involves a sixty-five-year-old male patient with a significant medical history of mitral valve dysfunction that required urgent repair. During the procedure, the surgeon nicked the patient’s internal mammary artery. As a result, the patient experienced significant intraoperative bleeding…

This case involves a ninety-two-year-old male resident of a nursing home facility who presented to the emergency room with altered mental status and confusion. The patient had recently been hospitalized for Legionella pneumonia, chronic kidney disease, and congestive heart failure.…

This case involves a forty-seven-year-old female who had a pacemaker installed when she was twenty-five-years-old. Approximately fifteen years following the placement of her pacemaker, there was a suspicion that the patient contracted an infection in the leads of the device.…

This case involves a seventy-nine-year-old male patient who presented to the hospital with shortness of breath. The patient was worked up in the emergency room, where it was determined that he was suffering from congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema.…