Ouch, Carolyn! That's great news, but what an expensive exercise
that must have been!
Janette and Bingo

--- In MVDincavaliers@..., Carolyn Peterson
<carolp@...> wrote:
>
> Good news that you saw the cardiologist!
>
> Eight years ago, a general vet thought our 3 year old Cavalier had
a
> heart problem. No murmur, but he had an irregular beat. She did
an
> x-ray and said the heart was enlarged. I took Toby and the x-ray
to see
> the cardiologist. The cardiologist said the x-ray was not taken
> correctly and there was no enlargement of the heart. She did an
> ultrasound to verify that the irregular beat was nothing to be
concerned
> about. The ultrasound did show the mitral valve was thickening
and
> curling on the edges. (Mitral valve prolapse??) There was no
leakage
> and no murmur. Last year, he was still clear at age 10. This
year, at
> 11, he has a grade 4 murmur.
>
> I think it's always good to see a cardiologist (if possible) for a
heart
> problem.
>
> Carolyn
>
>