Cardiovascular Disease

A 68-year-old man came to his family physician reporting a “several month” history of worsening memory

A 52-year-old man suffered a myocardial infarction in 2012. Cardiologist A performed left cardiac catheterization and stenting.

A 56-year-old man came to the ED for suspicion of congestive heart failure (CHF)

A 55-year-old man came to Family Physician A with a two-month history of chest pain after exertion.

A woman came to the ED with pain, pressure, and tightness in the center of her chest.

A 34-year-old man came to a hospital by EMS with shortness of breath and high blood pressure.

A 69-year-old man came to the ED with worsening shortness of breath. His history included smoking, COPD, and an occluded right coronary artery.

A 65-year-old man began seeing Family Physician A for treatment of high cholesterol and bronchitis.

A 43-year-old man came to the ED of a metropolitan hospital reporting chest pain, dizziness, diaphoresis, shortness of breath, and pain going down his arms.

A patient’s wife called her husband’s family physician, requesting an appointment because her husband had chest pain.

A 66-year-old man came to his internist reporting shortness of breath and chest pain for three weeks.

A 66-year-old man came to the ED at 9:11 p.m. with chest pain. He was triaged at 9:14 p.m.

A 62-year-old man came to the ED reporting pain in the “chest wall area.”

A 57-year-old man came to the ED by ambulance after developing chest tightness and shortness of breath.

An 8-year-old girl with congenital bicuspid aortic valve and aortic stenosis was scheduled for dental work.

A woman in her early 60s went to a cardiologist for chest pain and dyspnea on exertion.

Recommendations to help minimize the risk of lawsuits related to patient refusals.