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According to studies, what percentage of cats have heart murmurs at some point?

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
This condition can cause a heart murmur.
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
This condition can cause a heart murmur.
Hyperthyroidism
This condition can cause a heart murmur.
Hypotension
YES, this is incorrect However, systemic hypertension can cause a heart murmur. It is therefore impotent to measure blood pressure.

Congenital diseases can be associated with very loud heart murmurs (grade 5 or 6)
Wrong - this statement is correct.
Over 50% of cats with CHF will not have an audible murmur
Wrong - this statement is correct.
Cats with murmur and HCM are at higher risk of cardiac death than those with no murmur
Yes this is correct - it is actually the other way around as murmurs can disappear as heart disease becomes more severe.
Just because a cat doesn’t have a heart murmur doesn’t mean the cat doesn’t have heart disease
Wrong - this statement is correct.

Increased heart rate
Yes - heart rate has not been shown to be a useful way of determining risk.
Irregular heart rhythm
Gallop rhythm