Dawn Hodgson
The help that you need when your dog is diagnosed with a heart murmur. Learn from the experience of those that have been through it.
What is a heart murmur? A heart murmur is an abnormal heart sound, usually heard by listening to the heart with a stethoscope. What causes a heart murmur? A heart murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow within the heart.
Seemingly healthy dogs can have heart murmurs indicative of cardiac disease. Owners don't even realize there's a problem until their veterinarian picks up the presence of a murmur during an exam. While cats and puppies can have innocent murmurs, virtually all murmurs in adult dogs indicate structural heart disease.
Natural Remedies for a Canine Heart Murmur, extra heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow that is sufficient to produce audible noise
Print Murmurs are extra heart vibrations that are produced as a result of a disturbance in the blood flow -- enough, in fact, to produce audible noise. Often, the murmurs are classified according to a variety of characteristics, including their timing.
Canine heart murmur is a rare and difficult disease to handle. Information on it is very hard to find, and so I write this to share what little I know of this largely untreatable condition. I have this amazing dog, and his name is Jack.
http://www.doghealthproblemsadvice.com - Heart Failure in Dogs may occur as a result of certain changes in how the heart pumps blood to the body. Sam Meisler DVM, a small animal veterinarian, discusses dog heart failure in terms of how it happens and what one can do to diagnose and treat heart failure in dogs.
