{"id":11210,"date":"2025-11-03T11:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T03:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/?p=11210"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T03:08:53","slug":"does-a-heart-murmur-in-dogs-mean-they-have-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/does-a-heart-murmur-in-dogs-mean-they-have-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a heart murmur in dogs mean they have heart disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11210\" class=\"elementor elementor-11210 elementor-11201\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0037b8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0037b8e\" 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-20e4802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20e4802\" 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\/11\/Website-article-banners-2025-11-03T110349.563-1-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11205\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Website-article-banners-2025-11-03T110349.563-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Website-article-banners-2025-11-03T110349.563-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Website-article-banners-2025-11-03T110349.563-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Website-article-banners-2025-11-03T110349.563-1.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-0349f6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0349f6e\" 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-8bf9e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bf9e9c\" 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 an abnormal sound heard during a heartbeat, often described as a whooshing noise. 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