One of the most commonly misdiagnosed conditions is a heart attack, which is hardly a comfort to those who may be experiencing one.<\/p>\n
Heart attacks are as individual as the person experiencing them. No two people have the same symptoms, and in fact they may not have the classic signs that one is occurring. Take the case of a woman who went to the ER because her chest felt tight. The doctor ran many tests but could find anything wrong. He advised her to start taking aspirin and handed her a prescription for anxiety medication. Three days later she died of a heart attack. What happened to cause her untimely death?<\/p>\n
The heart attack was misdiagnosed, something that happens far more frequently than we even know. In fact, just about two percent of all cardiac events are misdiagnosed. That number, which was derived from a study done by the New England Journal of (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the most commonly misdiagnosed conditions is a heart attack, which is hardly a comfort to those who may be experiencing one. Heart attacks are as individual as the person experiencing them. No two people have the same symptoms,…<\/span><\/p>\n