Both these conditions are assessed by grading the degree of heart murmur of the dog on a scale of 1 to 6. (thedogplace.org)
While there are certainly thematic links with earlier Malle films — the lovemaking in The Lovers, for instance, and the incest in Murmur of the Heart — the dutiful way he sets up the «fatal attraction» in this movie seems so calculated and so irrelevant to reality or self - expression that I suspect he may have been thinking about lunch breaks as well. (chicagoreader.com)
Some of the common causes of heart murmurs in dogs and cats include: (vetspecialists.com)