#i guess they meant the different definitions then
my dad just apparently had a heart attack
ok it wasn’t a heart attack but they don’t know what it was exactly
ok now i understand why professionals don’t like the term “heart attack”. too broad. basically dad had a coronary thrombosis i.e. a blockage in the veins (well several actually), that meant he had the symptoms of a heart attack, but it apparently passed quickly enough that he had no myocardial infarct i.e. permanent damage to the heart muscle. also known as a heart attack. so he had one but also didn’t
