Heart Murmur In Cats And Anesthesia

For bradycardic or hypotensive cats heart rate and blood pressure support during deep sedation or anesthesia may be necessary.

Heart murmur in cats and anesthesia. 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. But sometimes the position cats are standing in when we listen can affect the sounds we hear. Heart murmurs are graded 1-6 with 1 being of the least concern and 6 being of the most concern.

With a cardiac murmur but with out any clinical symptoms. Prevalence of cardiomyopathy in apparently healthy cats. Cats and murmurs are a little bit of an enigma.

By monitoring your pets heart rate your veterinarian can make anesthetic adjustments quickly. A leaky valve or dysfunctional large vessel will mean that there is usually backflow of blood which means that the output of the heart is decreased and the heart will need to work harder to move the same amount of blood than a normal heart. For induction of anesthesia propofol is one of the safest methods.

Heart murmurs are most commonly a result of a compromised heart valve. Anesthesia and other factors such as surgery itself can affect heart rate. Heart murmurs are rare in cats and when they occur in a younger animal they can present significant obstacles to otherwise standard healthcare like spaying and neutering.

Cat heart murmur medication costs between 200 and 500. 1 2 Also of cats that have murmurs and are at risk of heart disease only 18 had cardiac disease. If you have an undiagnosed murmur it is important that this is further evaluated before surgery.

ANESTHESIA FOR FELINE PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy HCM is the most common cardiac disease in cats. Some normal adult cats may have an intermittent heart murmur that shows. There are usually no external symptoms clinical signs of a heart murmur in itself.