Stress Test Death [Case Update]
Defense expert attacks plaintiff's expert
The defense has filed a new expert opinion from a previous case (read the entire post here).
A 68-year-old man was seen at his cardiologist’s office (Dr. H).
At the appointment, the nurse practitioner ordered a stress test.
The patient scheduled it 22 days later.
The stress test was positive for “evidence of anteroapical and septal MI with ischemia”.
Dr. P was the supervising cardiologist who was present in the building during the stress test (although apparently not directly involved with the patient’s care).
Dr. B read the stress test and forwarded the results to the patient’s cardiologist Dr. H.
7 days later the patient was playing golf.
He had a cardiac arrest on hole 18 and later died in the cath lab.
The patient had not yet been notified of the results.
His wife sued all 3 cardiologists.
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When I originally published this case almost 2 years ago, only the plaintiff’s expert report was present.
We now have the defense expert’s opinion.
The defense attorney has summarized it below.
MedMalReviewer Analysis:
In the vast majority of med mal cases, we only get access to the plaintiff’s expert report. This look at the defense’s arguments shows that they are mounting a vigorous and effective response. It does not appear that they are going to roll over and settle this case.
The defense expert had the luxury of waiting to write his report until after the plaintiff experts’ reports had been submitted, and multiple witness have been deposed. In this case there were 3 plaintiff experts, and he had access to all of their critiques. Mounting a defense is always more effective once you see the cards that your opponent is playing.
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