Heart Murmur In Cats Grade 2. Veterinarians typically will declare the intensity of a murmur using a scale of 1 through 6, with 6 being the worst murmur. Murmurs in cats frequently develop in conjunction with structural heart disease (pathological murmurs).
An example of a murmur description is a grade ii/vi murmur. (this means the murmur is grade 2 on a scale of 1 to 6). Once the murmur, and it's cause, are confirmed, you'll be able to better decide on treatment options. Because for a grade two in a young cat, my understanding is the vet would just want you to bring kitty back after a month or so, to see if the level of the murmur has changed at all.
Vets grade heart murmurs on a scale of 1 to 5, from the barely audible grade 1 to the very loud grade 5.
Veterinarians typically will declare the intensity of a murmur using a scale of 1 through 6, with 6 being the worst murmur. The grading is on a scale. For other cats, a murmur may indicate an underlying and possibly severe heart condition. She then took an x ray and his chest x ray was most distressing.