Dr. Hayley McDonald | Specialist Veterinary Cardiologist on Instagram: "🩺 5 Cardiac Defects That Can Cause Systolic Heart Murmurs in Dogs & Cats 1️⃣ Mitral regurgitation – Backflow through an insufficient mitral valve. 2️⃣ Tricuspid regurgitation – Blood leaks backward into the right atrium. 3️⃣ Ventricular septal defect (VSD) – Flow between ventricles where there shouldn’t be. 4️⃣ Pulmonic stenosis – Narrowed pulmonic valve causing turbulent ejection. 5️⃣ Aortic stenosis – Left ventricular out

Christina Ha (하지영) on Instagram: "Now that Baby Corn is no longer a unilateral cryptorchid, it was time for his echocardiogram. Heart murmurs in kittens are usually benign and they typically outgrow them as they get older. We've had many kittens with low grade murmurs get fixed at low cost spay/neuter options with great success - however, if we want to save his little 🏀🏀 to send out to be studied for research, we'd need to have him neutered at a private vet. An echocardiogram can help determin