Heart Murmur In Cats And Surgery

My Tyler who just turned 17 had a dental wtooth removal it was risky as he has high bp kidney failure and a heart murmur but it was in an attempt to get him eating again didnt work but boy his teeth are clean and pretty and a bad tooth is now out.

Heart murmur in cats and surgery. In most cases male cats with heart murmurs are eventually still able to be neutered. 15 April 2012 at 905AM. 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.

There are also various stages of heart disease and congestive heart failure in cats that veterinarians use to determine severity. A heart murmur may be heard by your vet when he or she listens to your cats heart. A systematic evaluation of murmur characteristics is indicated when a heart murmur is detected in a cat.

Cat heart murmur medication costs between 200 and 500. A veterinarian cannot tell the cause of the heart murmur just by listening to the heart. The vet said the only way to fix this problem is to take about 10 teeth out of his mouth.

The incidence of heart murmurs in apparently healthy cats is only 16 to 44. A heart murmur is an abnormal sound heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope. More if there is more complication.

Cats Protection will only refer a cat to a specialist if classed as grade 5 or 6. Heart disease in cats is. The cat heart disease feline cardiomyopathy can also contribute to heart murmurs.

You need to ask your vet what grade would your cat be on. How are heart murmurs assessed. Heart murmur in cats brought on by congenital diseases often requires surgery.