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UNDERSTANDING CARDIOLOGY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Kathleen

It costs about $80,000 to defend a cardiologist in a medical malpractice claim resulting in payment—nearly four times the cost in ophthalmology, the least expensive specialty to defend. That is a great deal of money, and it likely heightens cardiologists’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal Nurse Consulting | Tagged ablation, AV node damage, bleeding, cardiologist, cardiology, coumadin, electrophysiologist, esophagus perforation, failure to diagnose, failure to timely act, heparin, improper informed consent, lawsuit, liability, medical malpractice, medical-legal, myocardial infarction, neurological damage, pulmonary stenosis, pulmonary vein stenosis, risks, standard of care, stroke, surgical complications, transesophageal echocardiogram, undiagnosed epidural abscess, vascular access complications | Leave a comment

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM MISDIAGNOSIS│MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Kathleen

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is an outpouching at the area of the weakness in the abdominal aorta involving all three layers of the artery wall. An aneurysm is defined as an increase of greater than 50% from the vessel’s original … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: heparin

UNDERSTANDING CARDIOLOGY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM MISDIAGNOSIS│MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

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