Heart Murmur In Cats And Surgery

Innocent murmurs need no treatment whatsoever as they are harmless.

Heart murmur in cats and surgery. 15 April 2012 at 905AM. A heart murmur may be heard by your vet when he or she listens to your cats heart. The vet wont do the procedure because Rockie has a heart murmur that has been there for years.

His mouth gets swollen and it hurts to do everyday things like eating and bathing. When a cat has dental disease there can be a buildup of bacteria in the mouth. This results in an abnormal noise which can be heard by your vet when listening with a stethoscope.

Heart murmurs in cats can be associated with structural heart disease pathological heart murmurs but a high percentage of cats with murmurs appear to have no evidence of structural heart disease non-pathological heart murmurs. More if there is more complication. Both types of congenital heart disease cause blood to flow abnormally through the defect.

I agree with the other posters. But sometimes the position cats are. When your veterinarian uses a stethoscope to listen to your cats heart an abnormal sound known as a heart murmur may be heard.

A murmur can occur because of another disease such as hyperthyroidism high blood pressure or anaemia. PPHC - Plantation Pet Health Center Frisco Plano Allen Veterinary Surgical Animal Hospital. A heart murmur in cats does not necessarily need treatment at all.

We believe that this bacteria can get into the blood stream and affect one of the heart valves. 1 being the minimum and 5 being the maximum. The vet said the only way to fix this problem is to take about 10 teeth out of his mouth.