Heart Murmur In Cats Grade 3

Heart murmurs A heart murmur means that in addition to normal lub-dub heart sounds the vet can also hear extra sounds when listening with a stethoscope.

Heart murmur in cats grade 3. Left sided systolic heart murmur is the most common. Grade 3 heart murmur Post by Mollycat Wed Dec 30 2020 306 pm Raych1975 wrote. Heart murmurs in cats are not common even as kittens.

This level of murmur is what veterinarians refer to as palpablemeaning that it can be felt by placing a hand on the cats chest. My cat loki has a heart murmur that is grade 3. Although a murmur may signify a problem with the heart or its blood.

His top weight was about 25 pounds. Grade 3 is a moderate heart murmur and it doesnt have to mean your cat has leukaemia it could simply be anaemia. She may have what is called a physiologic murmur that will go away as she gets older but those are uncommon in cats.

All murmurs louder than grade 3 are pathologic. I had a foster kitten last year who had a level 3 heart murmur and she totally outgrew it and is fine now. A heart murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow within the heart or the large vessels exiting from the heart.

Alex had a heart murmur though we dont know what grade. This results in an abnormal noise which can be heard by your vet when listening with a stethoscope. The specialist has said this is probably the cause of heart murmur but the hocm is mild so is not actually causing her symptoms.

The specialist will do an ultrasound and ECG on the heart to determine what is causing the murmur. Like a kitty and her catnip kidney failure and heart murmurs seem to go hand in hand. It would be best to have rechecks for her so that your veterinarian can listen to her heart.