Heart murmur in cats and anesthesia

A feline heart murmur means only that a cardiac abnormality may exist and it might or might not be serious. Etomidate etomidate is a short acting hypnotic anesthetic that produces its anesthetic action through binding and positive modulation of gaba a receptors in the cns. He says rockie will probably die in surgery due to anesthesia. The presence or absence of a murmur is not a good predictor of heart disease in cats. A murmur can occur because of another disease such as hyperthyroidism high blood pressure or anaemia. A louder murmur indicates more turbulence and the loudest is audible in multiple places on the cat. For other cats a murmur may indicate an underlying and possibly severe heart condition. On your next visit to a vet we recommend that you speak to them about whether to investigate a heart murmur in an otherwise healthy cat. For bradycardic or hypotensive cats heart rate and blood pressure support during deep sedation or anesthesia may be necessary. Heart disease can be diagnosed through a range of different tests. His mouth gets swollen and it hurts to do everyday things like eating and bathing. What are heart murmurs. Most murmurs do come from the heart but sometimes we hear murmurs when the heart is perfectly normal. Occasionally if the murmur is very loud a diagnosis can be made simply by feeling a buzz when a hand is placed on the cat s chest this is known as a pre cordial thrill. They are made by unusually turbulent blood flow in the cat s heart.

Some murmurs are created by severe heart disease. This type of murmur is benign not harmful. A heart murmur is nearly always diagnosed by a veterinarian listening to your cat s heart with a stethoscope often during a routine health check. Cardiovascular function is largely preserved with minimal changes to heart rate blood pressure or cardiac output. Many murmurs are not dangerous at all even during anesthesia. 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. The murmur is audible as a whooshing or swishing sound that occurs during the normal cycle of the heartbeat. A typical heart study involves blood work including thyroid levels a chest x ray looks at the lungs and heart an ekg looks at electrical function and an echo cardiogram an ultrasound that looks at the heart from the inside. In some cats heart murmurs appear and eventually disappear. The vet won t do the procedure because rockie has a heart murmur that has been there for years. Any 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 cat that may be undergoing anesthesia should have the murmur investigated. One type of innocent heart murmur is often found in young growing kittens particularly kittens that are growing rapidly.

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