Zimmerman, Administrator v. Misiak, M.D. and Windsor Medical Associates (Filed 2012 in Hartford): The decedent went to his primary care physician after passing out during exercise. The standard of care here required that the physician refer the decedent to a cardiologist to test for cardiac arrhythmia. Cardiac arrhythmia can be deadly if left undiagnosed and untreated, and passing out during exercise is a strong indicator that this may be the problem. Instead the defendant doctor released the decedent and advised him he could continue to exercise. Within weeks, the decedent died while jogging of cardiac arrhythmia. Our physician consultants tell us that this was completely avoidable with proper referral to a cardiologist, and that the defendant irresponsibly advised continued exercise.
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