Vascular

Vascular (Arteries and Veins)

Duncan Lewis Clinical Negligence Solicitors – No win no fee Vascular Claims

Vascular medicine involves the heart and lungs and conditions and diseases which affect the health of the circulatory system, including arteries and veins.

Vascular medicine is the specialty of cardiothoracic and vascular consultants and surgeons – who treat conditions such as varicose veins (VV), peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease, as well as conditions affecting the heart and lungs such as a blocked artery to the heart, requiring a coronary angioplasty procedure.

Any damage to major arteries – such as the aorta, carotid artery, pulmonary artery and venous artery – during a surgical procedure can have life changing consequences for patients and may even prove fatal.

Tests for diagnosing disease in arteries include catheterisation, biopsy, MRS scan, CT-scan, angiogram and stress tests (increasing blood flow through arteries).

In cases where patients suffer injury as a result of negligent vascular surgery and treatment, Duncan Lewis clinical negligence solicitors can advise on making a no win no fee compensation claim, including vascular surgery claims relating to:

• Amaurosis fugax (loss of vision due to blockage in retina blood supply)
• Atherosclerosis (blocked artery as a result of cholesterol build up)
• Coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis – may cause heart attack)
• Carotid artery disease (atherosclerosis – may cause stroke)
• Myocardial infarction (heart attack as a result of blood clot)
• Peripheral artery disease (atherosclerosis in legs/groin)
• Stenosis (narrowing of arteries)
• Temporal arteritis (inflammation of temporal artery in the scalp)
• Vasculitis (inflammation of one or more arteries).

Duncan Lewis clinical negligence solicitors can also advise on vascular claims relating to:

• Anaesthetic errors and mistakes
• Angioplasty procedures (inserting a stent)
• Catheterisation errors in vascular surgery
• Drug allergies and mis-prescribing (eg aspirin, statins, anti-clotting drugs)
• DVT negligence
• Failure to respond to patient complications during surgery (eg stroke, heart attack)
• Heart surgery negligence (eg heart bypass surgery)
• Hospital-acquired infection and wound infections
• Injury to arteries, veins and capillaries during vascular surgery
• Organ damage (eg heart, lungs liver kidney)
• Pneumothorax (air in chest cavity)
• Pulmonary embolism misdiagnosis/negligence
• Stroke, haemorrhage, internal bleeding
• Varicose vein (VV) surgery errors.

Making a Claim for Vascular Surgery Negligence

Patients who have suffered injury as a result of vascular surgery negligence can make a no win no fee claim for up to three years from the date of surgery or diagnosis of injury.

Children who suffer injury as a result of vascular surgery negligence can make a compensation claim up to the age of 21.

In cases where a patient has suffered catastrophic or life changing injuries as a result of negligent vascular surgery, Duncan Lewis clinical negligence solicitors can advise on how to make a no win no fee Serious Injuries Claim.

Duncan Lewis can also advise bereaved families whose loved one has died as a result of complications from negligent vascular surgery on how to make a no win no fee Fatal Injuries Claim.

Duncan Lewis Clinical Negligence Solicitors – No win no fee Vascular Claims

Duncan Lewis clinical negligence solicitors are a leading no win no fee law firm and can advise NHS patients and private patients who have suffered injury as a result of undergoing negligent vascular treatment and vascular surgery on how to make a no win no fee compensation claim.

Because of the limitation period for making vascular claims, Duncan Lewis solicitors advise patients to get in touch as soon as possible to discuss making a claim.

In cases where a patient has suffered serious or catastrophic injury as a result of vascular negligence, the Duncan Lewis clinical negligence team can put patients in touch with agencies who can advise on rehabilitation, adaptations to the home and disability benefits.

Duncan Lewis can also advise the parents or guardian of a child who has suffered injury as a result of vascular treatment or surgery on how to make a no win no fee compensation claim before the child is 21 by acting as their Litigation Friend.

For expert legal advice on no win no fee Vascular Claims, call Duncan Lewis Clinical Negligence Solicitors on 020 7923 4020.