{"id":1824,"date":"2014-10-10T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2014-10-08T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T19:08:04","slug":"fatal-vein-rupture-cardiac-catherization-medical-malpractice-claim-ends-verdict-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/fatal-vein-rupture-cardiac-catherization-medical-malpractice-claim-ends-verdict-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Vein Rupture During Cardiac Catherization Medical Malpractice Claim Ends in Verdict for Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Cook County jury found that no medical negligence that caused the death of Jerome Granat following a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/health\/health-topics\/topics\/cath\/\">cardiac catherization<\/a>. On June 16, 2010, the defendant cardiologist, Dr. Surendra Avula, performed a cardiac catherization procedure on 64-year-old Granat at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatehealth.com\/cmc\/\">Advocate Christ Hospital<\/a>. The patient&#8217;s previous cardiac history included quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery in 1994, three <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/health\/health-topics\/topics\/stents\/\">stents<\/a> put in place in 2002 and 2007 and one heart attack, but he still had normal heart function and was in reasonably good health at the time of this procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Avula, the head of the cardiac cath lab at Christ Hospital, found 99% blockage in Granat\u2019s old bypass vein graft, requiring a new stent; however, the old graft ruptured when the stent was inserted.<\/p>\n<p>Despite emergency surgery, Granat suffered brain damage and died 2 weeks later. He had recently retired and was survived by his wife and three adult children. The family filed a lawsuit against Dr. Avula and his practice maintaining that he selected a stent that was too large (4 mm instead of 3.5 mm), that he improperly responded to the graft rupture and that he should have re-inserted a balloon to stop the bleeding rather than transferring the patient for emergency cardiovascular surgery.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/fatal-vein-rupture-cardiac-catherization-medical-malpractice-claim-ends-verdict-doctor\/#more-1824\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cook County jury found that no medical negligence that caused the death of Jerome Granat following a cardiac catherization. On June 16, 2010, the defendant cardiologist, Dr. Surendra Avula, performed a cardiac catherization procedure on 64-year-old Granat at Advocate Christ Hospital. 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