Comments on: What Causes Heart Murmurs? http://blogs.dogster.com/vet_blog_information_advice/what-causes-heart-murmurs/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:25:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Guthrie http://blogs.dogster.com/vet_blog_information_advice/what-causes-heart-murmurs/comment-page-1/#comment-4912 Elizabeth Guthrie Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:43:18 +0000 http://blogs.dogster.com/vet_blog_information_advice/what-causes-heart-murmurs/#comment-4912 I have a five month old kitten. At her first visit in January to the vet, the vet detetcted a slight heart murmur. The vet does not seem too concerned about it. The kitten needs to be spayed. What risk does she face undergoing the surgery? Should I go to the extra expense of having a ECG done to determine the exact cause of the murmur? The kittten is very special to me. I'm so afraid she'll go into cardiac arrest, or something, while under the anesthesia. My vet's bottom line comment was that if it were her kitten, she would go ahead and do the surgery. I have a five month old kitten. At her first visit in January to the vet, the vet detetcted a slight heart murmur. The vet does not seem too concerned about it. The kitten needs to be spayed. What risk does she face undergoing the surgery? Should I go to the extra expense of having a ECG done to determine the exact cause of the murmur? The kittten is very special to me. I’m so afraid she’ll go into cardiac arrest, or something, while under the anesthesia. My vet’s bottom line comment was that if it were her kitten, she would go ahead and do the surgery.

]]> By: mariposa http://blogs.dogster.com/vet_blog_information_advice/what-causes-heart-murmurs/comment-page-1/#comment-699 mariposa Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:24:55 +0000 http://blogs.dogster.com/vet_blog_information_advice/what-causes-heart-murmurs/#comment-699 Thanks Dr. B for the explanation. My dog Brownie is currently on heart medication because our vet detected he has a murmuring heart - due to a bacterial infection in his blood cuz of a tick infection =( He's doing better now and he's to follow up with the vet this week. Do keep him in your prayers, readers! =) Thanks Dr. B for the explanation.

My dog Brownie is currently on heart medication because our vet detected he has a murmuring heart – due to a bacterial infection in his blood cuz of a tick infection =(
He’s doing better now and he’s to follow up with the vet this week. Do keep him in your prayers, readers! =)

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