Leaky Valve Disease of Older Dogs.
Not exact matches
You might not think vaccines play a role in heart
disease, but common conditions like mitral
valve insufficiency (known as
leaky heart
valve) or dilated cardiomyopathy can be caused by rabies vaccination.
For example, dogs with heart
disease typically have heart failure from
leaky heart
valves, while cats with heart
disease commonly have abnormalities of their heart muscles, not their
valves.
While mitral
valve disease can be from a stricture (abnormal narrowing), most commonly it is associated with a
leaky valve or «valvular insufficiency.»
The whooshing sound can be a
leaky heart
valve, defects of the heart, weak heart muscles, heart worm
disease, tumors, infections, or so on.