A heart murmur is, as the name suggests, a sound that occurs during a heartbeat, caused by rapid, turbulent blood flow ...

Functional pulmonary regurgitation secondary to pulmonary hypertension has been described in mitral-valve 1 and congenital heart disease. 7–9 Collins et al. 10 utilizing indicator-dilution ...

Maple’s owners noticed a problem. Their 9-year-old Chihuahua started to have a dry, hacking cough three to four times a day, mainly in the morning. After coughing for 5 to ...

At 11 and 16 years of age she had had episodes of acute rheumatic fever, and at the age of 17 the 1st heart murmur was heard. She had been in chronic congestive heart failure for 15 years.

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition in which blood leaks backward through the mitral valve in the heart. This backflow of blood may result in a heart murmur.

A kitten with a heart murmur needed a home — then came an adoption that was “meant to be.” “Our hearts melted when Curie’s adopter told us why this kitten was the one,” a North ...

A kitten with a heart murmur needed a home — then came an adoption that was “meant to be.” “Our hearts melted when Curie’s adopter told us why this kitten was the one,” a North ...

One of the most common is a heart murmur, which many dogs develop at some point in their life, whether their humans know it or not. Some instances of heart murmur cause little to no symptoms ...