Common Feline Heart Diseases

Different Diseases Require Different Treatments.

Here you’ll find a list of common feline heart diseases, so you can understand exactly what’s going on inside your cat’s heart.

Here you’ll find a list of common canine heart diseases, so you can understand exactly what’s going on inside your dog’s heart.

Acquired Heart Disease

Physiologic Murmur in Cats

A physiologic murmur is quite common in cats.   This is usually the result of a dynamic right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (dRVO).   This

Systemic Hypertension in Cats

Systemic Hypertension is a state of high blood pressure within the body.   This means that the heart must work very hard to propel blood

Feline Aortic Thromboembolism

An aortic thromboembolism is a blood clot that has developed within the heart.   It typically lodges at the distal aorta, often termed a “saddle

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in Cats

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy is a primary myocardial disease wherein the heart muscle is damaged. The myocardium becomes infiltrated with fibrous scar tissue that prevents normal function

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Cats

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a primary myocardial disease wherein the heart muscle is damaged. The myocytes (muscle cells) become markedly thickened and replicate in a non-uniform

Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Cats

Dilated Cardiomyopathy is a primary myocardial disease wherein the heart muscle is damaged and becomes very weak.   In cats, this is usually idiopathic, but

Congenital Heart Disease

Ventricular Spetal Defect (VSD) in Cats

A Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) is a congenital cardiac disease, causing communication between the left and right ventricle.   These can occur in numerous locations

Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in Cats

A Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital defect where the ductus arteriosus (fetal vascular connection) remains patent after birth.   This allows blood to

Arrythmias

Ventricular Premature Complex in Cats

Ventricular premature complexes may be due to numerous etiologies, which includes; cardiac disease, pericardial effusion, metabolic disease and electrolyte disturbances, tickborne disease, fever, pain, anemia,

Atrial Premature Complex in Cats

Atrial premature complexes are often the result of atrial dilation (left or right); however, additional considerations would be mechanical irritation (perihilar lymph node enlargement, atrial/auricular

Atrial Fibrilation in Cats

Atrial fibrillation is a condition where the atrium (top chambers of the heart) are no longer allowing organized electrical activity.   Rather, there is a

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