Ok man, I'll be pretty straightforward - lack of attention to this could kill your father.The thing you worry about after a heart attack is that part of the heart muscle doesn't work well. You can get heart failure pretty easily when one wall of the heart isn't contracting. If he looks bad to you, keep gently encouraging him to get checked out. Use words like "I'm worried about you" and "I don't want to lose you." Don't push. Encourage and focus on your concern for him.It isn't clear it was a heart attack, but something bad happened. An arrhythmia, exacerbation of undiagnosed heart failure, a heart attack, some other vascular event are all on the table and need proper testing to sort out.
Cross from /AskCardiologyDetails to previously deleted post, dad had heart attack but refuses medical adviceI previously posted and deleted due to lack of details. My dad (56M) had a cardiac event two weeks ago that he refused to explain. Yesterday he invited me to dinner to explain his situation. He looks TERRIBLE, he is gray with the blackest bags under his eyes. He explained he was working out and suddenly had SVT bad enough to where he lost feeling in his body, his left arm turned blue and he collapsed (didnt lose consciousness) and couldnt get up for a couple hours. As a nurse, he 100% believes he had a heart attack. He stated he has been feeling ill for 6 months, had this event, and has not felt normal since. His cholesterol and triglycerides are insanely high and he knows he has hereditary atherosclerosis. He is very anti-doctor/pharmaceutical and is relying on a diet of nitrous oxide-rich foods and Willow bark to clear is arteries of plaque. He looks like a corpse and Im afraid he will die soon without medical attention. If he did have a heart attack, whats his outlook without treatment?Edit: he is not on any medications, works out twice a day, his father had triple bypass at 70.