Cardio — Interventional Cardiology — Alberta

Interventional Cardiology Alberta expert witnesses provide opinions on the diagnoses and treatments of heart and blood vessel conditions, especially for the treatment of vascular and coronary diseases, as well as those with structural heart diseases such as heart valve defects and septal defects.

The specialists listed here may provide opinions on procedures involved in treating such defects and diseases, such as catheterization, angioplasty, and stent procedures, as well as diagnostic tests such as Computed tomography (CT) of coronary arteries, Intracardiac echocardiograms, heart MRIs and chest X-rays.

These interventional cardiologists may provide expert opinions in matters of alleged medical malpractice, including periprocedural injurys, injury to the catheterization site, coronary artery dissection and tamponade, angioplasty and stenting errors.

These specialists may also testify as to medical standards in allegations of lack of informed consent, failure to perform the correct procedure in a timely manner (or at all), performance of an unnecessary procedure, failure to consult a cardiothoracic or vascular surgeon in a timely manner, or inappropriate performance of a cardiology procedure where a backup surgeon was unavailable.