Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Illinois

I have been seeing a cardiologist for 8 years. I go every 6 months for a check up. I have been taking cholesterol medicine and my blood test have come back good. Just recently I changed doctors and the new doctor ordered an ECG. Something showed up on the test and it lead me to more test and eventually an angiogram were I recieved a stent for an artery which was blocked 99%. I believed that I was in good health and not a heart attack waiting to happen. I discussed with my cardiologist that I had heartburn at night. He asked if I took anything for it and that is as far as it went. I want to know if I have any legal recourse against a cardiologist that obviously allowed me to walk around with coronary artery disease and a 99% blockage?


Asked on 12/20/10, 5:19 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Burton Padove Indiana and Illinois Lawyer, Burton A. Padove

Consider yourself blessed and lucky trhat you do not have a casue of action substantial enough to warrant filing a medical malpractice case. Although, your first cadiologist may have provided you substandard care(and based on the information provided, I cannot even say that), you did not suffer any substantial damage since the second doctor prevented an urgent cardiac situation.

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Answered on 12/30/10, 11:52 am


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