Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for cardiac murmur

193 FDA adverse-event reports reference cardiac murmur (VeDDRA 212). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1054 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
193
reports citing this reaction
26.9%
death-coded share
Dog
most-affected species

Release-over-release change

What changed in the latest FDA data snapshot

PlainBreed reconstructed the prior snapshot from dated openFDA partitions through 2025 Q4, then compared it with the 2026-07-27 openFDA export. Cardiac murmur has 193 reports now versus 190 in that prior snapshot: 3 more (1.6%).

Report change
+3
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.4 pts

This compares reported-event counts in two source snapshots. It does not establish a change in real-world risk, product safety, or disease incidence.

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FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 212 VOL-LOW

VOL-LOW · DEATH-HOT · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-LOW 193 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 26.9%
  • MID-PACK #1054/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Coprophagia
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 147
  • DRUG-LEAD Milbemycin Oxime… · 29
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Coprophagia (±0 reports)

Upper-third death-coded share drives the outcome stamps on this plate; volume band, corpus rank, and co-report peers follow. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Report-volume neighbourhood around Cardiac murmur

Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Cardiac murmur · this reacti…193Coprophagia · near193Dry mouth · near193Lack of efficacy (neo… · near193Adaptor, breakage · near192Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Cardiac murmur

Cardiac murmur: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 52 death-coded reports is a heavy tail count for Cardiac murmur in the CVM extract. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. Death-coded share is upper-third: 52 of 193 reports (26.9% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Coprophagia (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (147). Lead co-reported drug Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (29).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, A high death-coded share in FDA filings does not prove causation; co-reporting is voluntary temporal association only. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 147
Cat 41
Horse 4
Cattle 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 30
Chihuahua 13
Retriever - Labrador 9
Crossbred Canine/dog 9
Shih Tzu 8
Spitz - German Pomeranian 6
Boxer (German Boxer) 5
Pinscher - Miniature 5
Terrier - Yorkshire 4
Maltese 4

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 29
Maropitant Citrate 16
Moxidectin 13
Cefovecin 11
Oclacitinib Maleate 11
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 11
Prednisone 10
Trilostane 10
Spinosad 9
Buprenorphine 9
Carprofen 9
Pimobendan 8
Metronidazole 8
Furosemide 8
Milbemycin Oxime 7
Famotidine 7
Doxycycline 7
Cyclosporine 7
Deracoxib 6
Tramadol 6

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Cardiac murmur, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

What to do with this reaction

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Cardiac murmur (#1054 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 26.9%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 52 · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →