Heart Murmur In Cats And Surgery

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Heart murmur in cats and surgery. A murmur can occur because of another disease such as hyperthyroidism high blood pressure or anaemia. Heart murmur in dogs and cats is generated by turbulent flow of blood through the heart chambers from physiologic or pathologic caused by disease causes. Heart murmur in cats brought on by congenital diseases often requires surgery.

Both types of congenital heart disease cause blood to flow abnormally through the defect. 6-8 The prevalence of cardiomyopathy detected by echocardiography in a large population of shelter cats was 153 and the most prevalent primary heart disease in these cats was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In most cases male cats with heart murmurs are eventually still able to be neutered.

Read on learn more about the types causes symptoms and the treatment options available as advised by pet experts. But sometimes the position cats are. A heart murmur in cats does not necessarily need treatment at all.

8 For cats with heart disease arrhythmias may have more predictive value than heart murmurs. Innocent murmurs need no treatment whatsoever as they are harmless. A heart murmur is an unusual sound that can be heard with a stethoscope when listening to a cats heartbeat.

The cat heart disease feline cardiomyopathy can also contribute to heart murmurs. To be especially safe during surgery you may decide to invest in heart-monitoring equipment or to have a cardiologist in attendance to recognize and begin treating any problems quickly. Heart murmurs in cats can also be associated with conditions outside the heart extracardiac conditions such as infection fever increased blood pressure anemia or hyperthyroidism.

He says Rockie will probably die in surgery due to anesthesia. A heart murmur is an abnormal sound heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope. I agree with the other posters.