{"id":10313,"date":"2025-08-29T18:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/?p=10313"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:30:09","slug":"my-dog-has-a-heart-murmurshould-i-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/my-dog-has-a-heart-murmurshould-i-worry\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dog Has a Heart Murmur\u2026Should I Worry?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10313\" class=\"elementor elementor-10313\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0deb8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0deb8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69dcf43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69dcf43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T123640.499-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-9843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T123640.499-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T123640.499-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T123640.499-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T123640.499.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cebb899 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cebb899\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3555d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3555d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A heart murmur is not an actual disease or an indication that your dog has heart disease, although it can be a red flag. It is an abnormal sound that occurs during blood flow. It can indicate the presence of a structural abnormality of the heart, or it can point to heart disease. However some murmurs can be considered benign and may not raise significant concern. This is why a thorough examination with diagnostic testing is important when your veterinarian identifies a heart murmur.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f745e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9f745e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-859d5f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"859d5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T124036.044-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-9845\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T124036.044-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T124036.044-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T124036.044-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Website-article-banners-2025-08-13T124036.044.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c18c8a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c18c8a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b553f0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b553f0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The good news is that many dogs live a good, healthy life with a heart murmur, as long as they are getting the correct treatment and lifestyle changes have been made if needed. Harvest Veterinary Specialty &amp; Emergency Hospital (HVSEH) Veterinary Specialist in Cardiology, Dr. Samantha Gomart shares that early detection is a key success factor for a better prognosis with heart conditions. If you would like to learn more because your dog has a heart murmur, and if a cardiac treatment would be recommended, you can schedule an appointment with our HVSEH cardiology team.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heart murmur is not an actual disease or an indication that your dog has heart disease, although it can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-10313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-health-information-en","tag-heart-murmur"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10317,"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions\/10317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}