Heart Murmur In Cats And Anesthesia

An echocardiogram cardiac ultrasound is a simple non-invasive imaging test that can evaluate your murmur.

Heart murmur in cats and anesthesia. 1 2 Also of cats that have murmurs and are at risk of heart disease only 18 had cardiac disease. There are usually no external symptoms clinical signs of a heart murmur in itself. ANESTHESIA FOR FELINE PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy HCM is the most common cardiac disease in cats.

Yes certain heart conditions do increase the risk of general anesthesia. Cats with HCM can have normal lives and then as they get older the heart can start to fail. It is therefore imperative to reach a complete cardiac diagnosis rather than to settle for a diagnosed murmur as reason enough to avoid general anesthesia especially when non-elective procedures are considered.

None of those methods have pain-relieving properties so a separate pain reliever like Buprenex is a must. The murmur may first appear at 6-8 weeks of age and a kitten with an innocent heart murmur will usually outgrow it by about 4-5 months of age. Any dog or cat with a murmur especially one that is suddenly detected meaning on his last exam it was not there but on this exam it is there or a pet that may be undergoing anesthesia.

One study found prevalence to be 16 Paige C et al. Lumb and Jones V eterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. With a cardiac murmur but with out any clinical symptoms.

In a study performed in cats with a cardiac murmur but without any clinical symptoms ultrasound examination of the animals revealed that 53 of these cats suffered from heart disease NAKAMURA et al 2011. This happens when the heart walls are thickened. More if there is more complication.

Prevalence of cardiomyopathy in apparently healthy cats. Studies show that anywhere between 21 and 50 of healthy cats have murmurs. Veterinary dental specialists are specifically trained in risk management particularly for cats that have other diseases that make the odds of success too low for general-practice veterinarians to undertake.