Ritter Family Files Wrongful Death Suit

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geminigrl

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crabcake said:
The suit said Ritter died in September 2003 of a tear in his aorta . But when he went to the emergency room complaining of chest pain, nausea and vomiting, he was misdiagnosed as having a heart attack, the suit alleges.

:confused: Isn't the aorta part of the heart anymore?
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Yea, lol. I guess maybe it is because the diagnose the doctor's did as an heart attack was easier to say then to actually take the time to find out what was wrong, and isn't a tear in the heart worse? :shrug:
 
Danzig

Danzig

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The aorta is the main trunk of a series of vessels which convey the oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body for their nutrition. It commences at the upper part of the left ventricle, where it is about 3 cm. in diameter, and after ascending for a short distance, arches backward and to the left side, over the root of the left lung; it then descends within the thorax on the left side of the vertebral column, passes into the abdominal cavity through the aortic hiatus in the diaphragm, and ends, considerably diminished in size (about 1.75 cm. in diameter), opposite the lower border of the fourth lumbar vertebra, by dividing into the right and left common iliac arteries. Hence it is described in several portions, viz., the ascending aorta, the arch of the aorta, and the descending aorta, which last is again divided into the thoracic and abdominal aortæ.
 
Cletus_Vandam

Cletus_Vandam

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Danzig said:
The aorta is the main trunk of a series of vessels which convey the oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body for their nutrition. It commences at the upper part of the left ventricle, where it is about 3 cm. in diameter, and after ascending for a short distance, arches backward and to the left side, over the root of the left lung; it then descends within the thorax on the left side of the vertebral column, passes into the abdominal cavity through the aortic hiatus in the diaphragm, and ends, considerably diminished in size (about 1.75 cm. in diameter), opposite the lower border of the fourth lumbar vertebra, by dividing into the right and left common iliac arteries. Hence it is described in several portions, viz., the ascending aorta, the arch of the aorta, and the descending aorta, which last is again divided into the thoracic and abdominal aortæ.
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Paging Dr. Danzig, paging Dr. Danzing....
 
CMC122

CMC122

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This actually happens much more than people think. Sx's for an Aortic Aneuyrism are very similiar to a Myocardial Infarction.(heart attack)
 
jazz lady

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Cletus_Vandam said:
Paging Dr. Danzig, paging Dr. Danzig....
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More like paging Dr. Copyright Infringement. :duh: That's a direct quote from Henry Gray's book "Anatomy of the Human Body" more commonly known as "Gray's Anatomy."
 
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Bruzilla

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Calling Dr. Bush, calling Dr. Bush. Stupid wasteful lawsuit in the OR.
 
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