Signs, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs and Cats
Most heart disease can lead to congestive heart failure. This isn’t the heart failing, but instead, it’s the heart becoming overloaded with fluid due...
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Heart Health Month
Welcome to our exploration of the vital world of cardio health for our beloved pets! Ensuring that your furry companions have strong and healthy hearts is...
Maxwell
Little Maxwell was getting tired more quickly than his siblings and was found to have a loud heart murmur during his 3-week checkup, so he came into our cardiologist to see if his heart was functioning properly. Although puppies can grow out of soft heart murmurs, a loud heart murmur is usually a sign of congenital heart disease and should be evaluated by a cardiologist as soon as possible. An echocardiogram found a small defect in his heart between his two ventricles (pumping chambers) called a Ventricular Septal Defect but there currently isn’t any overload to the heart. We’ll see Maxwell again when he’s fully grown!