Furthermore, there was no improvement in the proportion of dogs with heart murmurs or grade
of heart murmurs between the CKCS born 2001 and those born in 2003.
No statistical difference was found in the prevalence
of heart murmurs between male and female dogs (P = 0.05).
In the group of dogs born in 2001, there was no statistical difference in the intensity
of heart murmurs between females and males, but in the group of dogs born 2003, and for all dogs, male dogs with heart murmurs had murmurs of greater intensity than females with heart murmurs: this result was in agreement with findings from earlier studies [10].
No statistical difference was found in the prevalence
of heart murmurs between females and males (P = 0.08).
This study investigated the prevalence in six - year - old CKCS and the difference in prevalence and grade
of heart murmur between two groups of six - year - old dogs with two years between.
Not exact matches
Because
of the severity
of the
murmur an ultrasound was performed and it turns out the
heart murmur is caused by pulmonic stenosis, a congenital narrowing
of the flow
between the
heart and pulmonic valve.
Some
of the signs
of heart disease that can only be detected by your veterinarian as part
of a thorough examination include: * Gallop rhythm in cats * Irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) * Audible sounds
between the heartbeat (
murmur)
No statistical difference was found in the prevalence
of heart murmurs (P = 0.8) or in the intensity
of heart murmurs (P = 0.8)
between dogs born in 2001 and dogs born in 2003.
This type
of murmur may not be related to the valves at all, and instead may be caused by a small hole
between the chambers
of the
heart where turbulence occurs.