Anyone had a cat with a heart murmur?

[Lizzie]

Cardiac ultrasound is a definitive test which actually images the heart and shows how well it works. If it is within your means, this can provide additional information. The meds typically used are beta-blockers, which are often available as generics (read: cheap.) Good luck!

Yes, it's not at all expensive. Zazesh is on Altenolol for Cardiomyopathy and it costs less than $5 a month (generic from Costco pharmacy.)

[DriftyAlison0]

Tigger had a small murmer when he was a kitten and we didn't worry about it and forgot about it till the flood of 2008 happened and the stress had him nearly dying from heart failure. He was dianosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and was put on lasix was around 20 dollars a month so it wasn't so bad. He was doing well on the meds and it was his liver/kidneys that killed him at the age of five after a diet change (it was ether that the food was bad, or since he didn't like it, he didn't eat it much and it caused his liver to go out).

Tigger was doing so well that if it wasn't for his liver, he would have lived for years.