Heart Murmur In Cats And Surgery

It depends on the cat and their specific health status.

Heart murmur in cats and surgery. A veterinarian cannot tell the cause of the heart murmur just by listening to the heart. There are a few possible reasons for a cat to have a murmur. 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.

Typically murmurs are caused by leaky heart valves or a narrowing or thickening of the chambers of the heart or heart muscle which can indicate heart disease. A heart murmur may be heard by your vet when he or she listens to your cats heart. Not all heart murmurs affect the health of your cat but if heard it may be best to still have your cat fully assessed.

I agree with the other posters. The specific characteristics of the murmur along with any symptoms that your cat might be showing will help your veterinarian to determine what is causing the murmur. More if there is more complication.

Cats Protection will only refer a cat to a specialist if classed as grade 5 or 6. The vast majority of murmurs in the cat occur during systole the phase of the heart cycle when the heart is contracting to pump blood out. 1 being the minimum and 5 being the maximum.

Acute kidney failure doesnt normally cause heart murmurs and a lot of times your cats kidneys will go right back to normal or close to normal after whatever caused the condition is taken out to the trash. Things like infections poisoning and trauma can cause acute kidney failure. The important fact to remember is that the cause of the murmur must be identified accurately.

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. Both types of congenital heart disease cause blood to flow abnormally through the defect. Do all murmurs mean there is actually heart disease.