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So I Heard a Heart Murmur in This Cat. What's Next

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Beijerink N.
In: EVC - Voorjaarsdagen - The Hague, 2016 by European Veterinary Conference - Voorjaarsdagen
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APR 15, 2016
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A cat has an incidentally detected heart murmur if the murmur is an unexpected discovery during a veterinary exam that was not initially focused on the cardiovascular system. Common examples include:

  • auscultation of a murmur during an annual wellness examination,

  • prior to general anesthesia, or 

  • during evaluation of a patient for a noncardiac medical condition.

It is easy to recommend that all patients with incidentally detected heart murmurs undergo echocardiography. A true understanding of the realities and imperatives of clinical practice says otherwise. This abstract is intended to provide a summary of the patient-, client-, and veterinarian based factors that can help attending veterinarians recommend whether or not to pursue further diagnostic evaluation of cats with incidentally detected murmurs and the advantages and suitability of various diagnostic approaches. […]

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Beijerink, N. (2016) “So I Heard a Heart Murmur in This Cat. What's Next”, EVC - Voorjaarsdagen - The Hague, 2016. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/evc/evc-voorjaarsdagen-hague-2016/so-i-heard-a-heart-murmur-cat-whats-next (Accessed: 14 September 2024).

Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication

Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Australia. 

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  • beijerinkniek

    Beijerink N.

    Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Cardiology
    DVM PhD Dipl. ECVIM (Cardiology), EBVS
    Veterinaire Specialisten,
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Every spring the European Veterinary Conference Voorjaarsdagen used to organize. Important goals of the Voorjaarsdagen Conference were to build friendships between veterinarians at a national and international level, to enhance the quality and availability of veterinary medicine and surgery, and to foster the exchange of scientific information among veterinarians.  The activities of the European Veterinary Conference have ceased with the last meeting in 2019.

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