Doctors Fail to Diagnose and Treat Fatal Heart Attack

ByJoseph O'Neill

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Doctors Fail to Diagnose and Treat Fatal Heart Attack

Case Overview

This case involves a female patient in her early thirties who presented to an urgent care center complaining of right sided shooting chest pain that began when she was working out a few hours prior to arriving at the urgent care center. She was given a standard workup and her EKG was reported as normal, however no cardiac enzymes were tested. She was discharged home with a diagnosis of heartburn. Hours later she presented a sudden cardiac arrest and died.

About the author

Joseph O'Neill

Joseph O'Neill

Joe has extensive experience in online journalism and technical writing across a range of legal topics, including personal injury, meidcal malpractice, mass torts, consumer litigation, commercial litigation, and more. Joe spent close to six years working at Expert Institute, finishing up his role here as Director of Marketing. He has considerable knowledge across an array of legal topics pertaining to expert witnesses. Currently, Joe servces as Owner and Demand Generation Consultant at LightSail Consulting.

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