This is a 6 yr old nm cat. the owner self referred for an echo. The history is the cat had fever in april had murmur . The cat was placed on clavamox for 14 days improved. two weeks later relapse of fever. the owner was told he had vegatative/infected heart valve. No other therapy had been given. She was here today to see if it improved. this is outside my experience for sure but tried to helpout. The cat has 3/6 murmur pmi sternum. normal resp rate , hr 200 bpm. bright alert active normal wt normal at home.

This is a 6 yr old nm cat. the owner self referred for an echo. The history is the cat had fever in april had murmur . The cat was placed on clavamox for 14 days improved. two weeks later relapse of fever. the owner was told he had vegatative/infected heart valve. No other therapy had been given. She was here today to see if it improved. this is outside my experience for sure but tried to helpout. The cat has 3/6 murmur pmi sternum. normal resp rate , hr 200 bpm. bright alert active normal wt normal at home. Maybe xray was taken, no echo before, no ecg. he felt so good the echo was very challenging even after alittle torbugesic. I see what appear to be normal tri ,mitral, aortic valves. If this was a resolving endocarditis would they be normal? I demonstrated a mr jet I am concerned about hypertrophy that i may see subjectively, should i pursue this further. Are there any references I may look at that may give me more info on feline endocarditis. I do not want to miss true heart disease in kitty if it exists. LA 13mm. M mode didn’t happen got ivs at 7 mm .