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Heart Murmurs Dogs - Articles
Heart murmur
by
heru m.
Posted
Tue 25 Jan 2011 12:24am
It can be very hard to determine if a heart murmur is present when listening to the chest of an excited dog. Respiratory sounds can mimic a heart murmur when respiration is rapid enough to approximate the heartrate.
Heart murmurs vary widely in their importance. Hearing a heart murmur in a dog that seems normal in all other respects doesn
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Pediatric heart murmurs - when are they serious?
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Sun 24 Jan 2010 12:00am
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Heart murmurs in children may be more common than you think. A pediatric cardiologist explains below when to be concerned and when to wait.
“Finding out that your child has a heart murmur causes a great deal of anxiety,” said Dr. Louis Bezold, associate professor of pediatrics and chief of the division of pediatric cardiology, University of Kentucky
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What happens when you have a heart murmur and ignore a bad tooth filling?
by
Saundra G.
Posted
Fri 13 Nov 2009 10:00pm
This is a true story told to me by the wife of a dental patient with a heart murmur (mostly in her words).
Three months ago my husband lost part of a filling and used... with a heart murmur.
2. He started sleeping a lot more, not wanting to do too much. He just assumed he stayed up too late.
3. Then he started getting low grade fevers that would only
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Paucis Verbis card: When murmurs need echo evaluation
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Fri 17 Sep 2010 12:00am
Have you been in a situation where you are the first to detect a cardiac murmur in a patient? If you are hearing it in a busy, loud Emergency Department, I find that it's at least a grade III.
Should you order an echocardiogram for further outpatient evaluation? It depends on the grade and characteristic of the murmur, in addition
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Mechanism of Austin flint murmur
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Thu 16 Sep 2010 10:16am
The murmur of Austin flint is has become an immortal cardiac auscultatory sign even in this era of hi tech cardiology. This is our humble tribute to the physicians... .This generates a mid and late diastolic murmur from the mitral valve which is heard well in the mitral area.
This was confirmed 100 years later as anterior mitral leaflet flutter
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What are the sites of murmur generation in Tetrology of Fallot ?
by
Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Thu 22 Dec 2011 11:10am
Murmur of Tetrology of Fallot is generated at the level of
VSD
RVOT
Aortic root
Any of the above
Answer : RVOT.
RVOT is the classical site of TOF murmur , but there is a rider . The murmur of TOF is inversely proportional to the degree of RVOT obstruction. (Contrary to VPS with intact IVS) .In severe TOF especially during spells the murmur
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A murmuration of starlings
by
Paul L.
Posted
Thu 10 Nov 2011 7:31am
This is an absolutely astounding video, filmed in Ireland.
If you cannot see the video, click here .
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo .
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Less Ticks = Happy Dogs: Review and Giveaway Earth Heart's Buzz Guard!
by
Johann The Dog
Posted
Thu 18 Aug 2011 11:19am
that we're in Georgia, we've been utilizing a product from one of the new Raise A Green Dog Partners to help us combat the nasties. Earth Heart's Buzz Guard is what we've been using... because we like to lick and cuddle with our kittie bros in the evenings, and essential oils aren't really good for cats, even though they are safe for dogs.
Earth Heart's Buzz
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