Table 6 The occurrence and severity of heart murmur and heart failure in Dachshund submitted to cardiology services at the Small Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences between November 2001 and October 2011 (% of positive dogs within the class)
Heart murmur scale I-VI | No heart disease | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total n=207 | 1a | 1b | 3a | 3b | ||
(n=35) | (n=44) | (n=16) | (n=79) | (n=31) | (n=2) | |
No murmur (%) | 94.4 | 36.4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I (%) | 2.8 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
II (%) | 0 | 22.7 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
III (%) | 2.8 | 36.4 | 31.3 | 54.5 | 16.2 | 50.0 |
IV (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.5 | 29.0 | 0 |
V (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.8 | 25.8 | 0 |
VI (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.8 | 29.0 | 50.0 |