Guest EmbersDad Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) The vet thought he heard a heart murmur at her last visit, and they did an ekg today and sure enough, she has a heart murmur and an irregular heartbeat and is scheduled for an ultrasound in the near future. Anyone else have a hound with something like this? Paula took her to the vet, so I don't know the exact details about the heartbeat, will post it later once I talk more with her about it. ETA. it is called premature ventricular contractions Edited May 26, 2011 by EmbersDad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Hoping it's minor and easily treated. How is her bloodwork? Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoduck Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Did they give a number reference to the murmur? I think my Niña had a 4-6 IIRC. Never gave her any problems. Quote Freshy (Droopys Fresh), NoAh the podenco orito, Howie the portuguese podengo maneto Angels: Rita the podenco maneta, Lila, the podenco, Mr X aka Denali, Lulu the podenco andaluz, Hada the podenco maneta, Georgie Girl (UMR Cordella), Charlie the iggy, Mazy (CBR Crazy Girl), Potato, my mystery ibizan girl, Allen (M's Pretty Boy), Percy (Fast But True), Mikey (Doray's Patuti), Pudge le mutt, Tessa the iggy, Possum (Apostle), Gracie (Dusty Lady), Harold (Slatex Harold), "Cousin" Simon our step-iggy, Little Dude the iggy ,Bandit (Bb Blue Jay), Niña the galgo, Wally (Allen Hogg), Thane (Pog Mo Thoine), Oliver (JJ Special Agent), Comet, & Rosie our original mutt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EmbersDad Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 good question. I guess OK since I havent heard anything about it not being OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I believe heart murmurs are not uncommon for greys. Sugar had premature ventricular contractions and a leaky valve. She was on lasix and enalapril, and did just fine. After a couple of years, her heart did start to enlarge on the "bad" side, and we added pimboden. She was 11 by then, and her heart continued to do ok. She developed some other unrelated health issues, and I lost her to kidney failure at 12 1/2. The pimboden may have contributed to that, or maybe not , but her heart was still working pretty well at the end. If Althea's murmur is mild, it shouldn't cause her any problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hannahmom Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Sammi was diagnosed with this the week he came to live with us alost 2 years ago ( @ 11.5) and it has never been an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greyt_dog_lover Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 When I heard Dr Cuoto once, I remember he mentioned that nearly every single greyhound has a heart murmur. I cant remember exactly the cause, but it had something to do with the oversize of the greyhound heart. He said it was nothing to be concerned about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_the4pack Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Pearl was diagnosed with heart disease by a cardiologist when she was 5. She had valvular disease (leaky mitral valve). She had a murmur, no irregularities. So not quite the same as Althea. However with meds (and she ended up with a LOT of meds because of her additional hypertension) she lived until cancer took her at age 12. If you want a second opinion take her to a canine cardiologist. I recommend it. Pearl's cardiologist absolutely kept her alive and feeling just fine until the very end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnedBySummer Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I just heard Dr. Couto talking about that. If I remember correctly... the vet needs to use a pediatric stethoscope so he can hear individual valves. High up, where the blood is pumped OUT of the heart, he should hear a heart murmur. This is normal and is because of the huge volumes of pressurized blood being pumped. If the murmur is elsewhere, then it IS a murmur. As to the PVC's... No idea about them in dogs but I developed them last year due to stress and they are pretty scary. But they don't like to medicate them in humans any more as the medication is pretty harsh... and mine have now gone away for 99% of the time! Yay! I wonder if it's necessary or desirable to medicate them in dogs? Quote Lisa B. My beautiful Summer - to her forever home May 1, 2010 Summer Certified therapy dog team with St. John Ambulance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinsMum Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Crap. Sorry to hear this Tom. From reading other posts it sounds as though this may not cause any discomfort or endanger her health. Fingers crossed. Keep us posted. Quote Kerry with Lupin in beautiful coastal Maine. Missing Pippin, my best friend and sweet little heart-healer 2013-2023 Also missing the best wizard in the world, Merlin, and my sweet 80lb limpet, Sagan, every single day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Check the spleen for tumors-- sometimes a splenic tumor will cause the vpc's.. They could easily scan the abdomen when they do the echo. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubcitypam Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Poodle had a strong 2 of 6 which I think is basically nothing. The vet put him on theophlline -- not sure if that was to get $20 more out off me or not. It hasn't helped his cough at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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