He didn't see his doctor till next morning. He should have gotten to the hospital within an hour. Every minute counts from the onset of a heart attack to the beginning of a treatment in preserving heart muscle. There are two good things about heart attacks. They occur less frequently and the death rate is much reduced.
Heart attacks are still a major threat in the elderly population.
One million patients suffer heart attacks yearly and 700,000 die of early or late effects. Maybe all elderly acute admissions to the hospital should be screened for heart attacks. You won't be made to look like a fool in the E.R. if your problem turns out to be nothing but a bad case of indigestion. Later attacks are more serious for men as well as women because of associated disease. When a heart attack occurs, accurate diagnosis is critical.