title: Management of incidentally detected  heart murmurs in dogs and cats.
abstract: A dog or a cat has an incidentally detected heart murmur if the murmuris an unexpected discovery during a veterinary consultation that was not initially focused on the cardiovascular system. This document presents approaches for managing dogs and cats that have incidentally-detected heart murmurs, with an emphasis on murmur characteristics, signalment profiling, and multifactorial decision-making to choose an optimal course for a given patient.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Côté
authors.forename: N Joel
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ettinger
authors.forename: Virginia Luis
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: Kristin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Scansen
authors.forename: D David
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Sisson
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002415:Cats; D003663:Decision Trees; D003935:Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D033162:Incidental Findings