A man without cardiac risk factors dies of a heart attack after being sent home from the ER. It is successful malpractice cases like these that cause ER physicians to defensively admit everybody to rule out an MI, further ballooning health care costs.
As the defense states, the only definitive test to determine whether someone has heart disease is a cardiac catheterization. The day is coming when lawsuits push this test become standard of care in the ER. (via PointofLaw.com)
