Heart Murmur In Cats And Anesthesia

Cats Protection will only refer a cat to a specialist if classed as grade 5 or 6.

Heart murmur in cats and anesthesia. One study found prevalence to be 16 Paige C et al. A thorough physical examination may reveal risk factors such as heart murmur andor arrhythmia. Prevalence of cardiomyopathy in apparently healthy cats.

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. A heart murmur is an abnormal sound heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope. If you have an undiagnosed murmur it is important that this is further evaluated before surgery.

It is therefore imperative to reach a complete cardiac diagnosis rather than to settle for a diagnosed murmur as reason enough to avoid general anesthesia especially when non-elective procedures are considered. The murmur we hear is the blood flowing tubulently. The presence or absence of a murmur is not a good predictor of heart disease in cats.

Yes certain heart conditions do increase the risk of general anesthesia. Anaesthesia in dogs and cats with cardiac disease. Heart murmurs are most commonly a result of a compromised heart valve.

Anesthetic events known medical conditions and previous ad-verse drug responses. While there are some medicines that can help they usually dont cure HCM. Cats with HCM can have normal lives and then as they get older the heart can start to fail.

There are usually no external symptoms clinical signs of a heart murmur in itself. For bradycardic or hypotensive cats heart rate and blood pressure support during deep sedation or anesthesia may be necessary. 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.