 [ Symptoms ] why cant they see my dad is heart on an mri my dad had an mri and they said they cant see his heart what does that mean [ Disease ] the mri is usually not a whole body scan but directed to certain areas i do not know the reason your father was getting an mri but this could be the logical reason while some fathers my be considered heartless i suspect your father is not one of them we know he has a heart and a daughter that cares about him