A defensive echocardiogram would have spared this doctor a lawsuit:

Attorneys on both sides seemed to agree that the case largely hinges on whether Razzak should have ordered an echocardiogram, a test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart.

“When you don’t order the echocardiogram, that falls below the standard of care,” said Brad Rhor, one of two attorneys representing Orr.

Defense attorney Robert Watson Jr. reminded jurors that he had offered testimony from several physicians who said they wouldn’t have ordered an the echocardiogram based on the symptoms Orr presented. A diagnosis of atrial myxoma – the heart tumor which led to Orr’s stroke – is one in a million, he said.