01/14/2025
Meet Abby! She is an 11 year old Chihuahua who unfortunately has a heart murmur. Heart murmurs are detected when listening to the heart and hearing a “whooping” sound instead of a crisp “lub dub” beat. Heart murmurs are graded on a scale of 1-6 with 1 being the most mild. A murmur sound is caused by blood flowing back into the heart due to abnormalities with the valves.
Abby received a cardiac ultrasound with RVUS to determine the severity of the disease and help guide further treatments. Abby’s owners wanted to pursue a dental surgery for her and heart conditions can increase their anesthetic risk.
Now Abby has a game plan going forward to ensure that her heart is taken care of for years to come ❤️