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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  My Wylie has had a heart murmur for years now, and takes Enalapril. The vet can barely even hear the murmur with the meds doing their work. Dogs can do *amazingly* well w/ murmurs and early-CHF, so just be assured that it doesn't necessarily mean really bad news, or even close  .
It can get worse, or stay the same forever - no predicting this.
If the murmur IS putting add'l strain on some part of the heart - then - I would ask for a cardiac med that mitigates this. |
With Wylie's mur-mur, did he have shortness of breath or shallow, rapid breathing? JB is starting to do this so I made an appointment with the vet for tomorrow..no coughing as of yet which show fluid in lungs and the start of CHF but I am hoping he puts him on at least Enalapril and then refer me to a cardio vet.