Cardiac Claims
Claim Compensation for Heart Condition Misdiagnosis & Treatment Errors
Cardiology negligence refers to situations when medical professionals give a substandard level of care when treating and managing heart conditions. If you’ve suffered because of cardiology negligence, you may be able to claim compensation.
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“The team frequently represents claimants in complex disputes, involving hypertensions, as well as inadequate treatment of heart and blood diseases.”
Cardiac or heart disease is the general term for medical conditions that affect the heart and its blood vessels.
Heart disease can be experienced in four main ways:
- Angina: this is when you experience chest pain, usually when you are being active, but it can also occur at rest. The pain is caused by narrowing of the arteries which supply the heart muscle, resulting in reduced blood flow. Just as you can get a cramp in your leg when you exercise, angina is like a cramp of the heart muscle. Angina is not an immediate threat to life but indicates the presence of heart disease which will require treatment.
- Heart attack: this is when the blood flow to part of the heart muscle suddenly stops. It is typically experienced as a chest pain which radiates down the left arm or up the jaw, neck and throat. Typically, a person suffering a heart attack feels a ‘sense of impending doom’. A heart attack is potentially life-threatening, and prompt treatment must be sought.
- Cardiac arrest: this is when the heart stops beating. Cardiac arrest is a life-threatening emergency and requires immediate specialist intervention. Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) carried out properly could help keep oxygen flowing to vital organs until professional assistance is available.
- Heart failure: this is when the heart does not function properly, meaning that blood is not properly pushed around the body. Heart failure is usually a more chronic condition but in certain circumstances can occur out of the blue. Heart failure is not usually an immediate threat to life.
Other types of heart condition include arrhythmia (abnormal beating), structural defects such as problems with heart valves, infection and weakened heart muscle (cardiomyopathy).
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