Is detection of a heart murmur a reliable indicator of cardiomyopathy in apparently healthy cats?
In apparently healthy cats, the presence of a heart murmur is not a reliable clinical indicator for diagnosing cardiomyopathy.
Cardiomyopathy was common in the healthy cats evaluated in this study. In apparently healthy cats, detection of a heart murmur is not a reliable indicator of cardiomyopathy.
Paige et al. (Mon,) studied this question.