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Can a cat's accident cause heart failure or an enlarged heart?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 9 lbs

Good day, I recently loss my cat to heart disease. My cat was accidently hit by a door, she seemed fine, acted fine and from what I can tell wasn't enough to do any damage. However only a few weeks after was breathing erratically so I took to the vet. After an x-ray the vet concluded it was heart failure as the heart was very enlarged. 3 months later she was dead. Could an accident cause a heart problem with no apparent injury or just a coincidence her symptoms appeared shortly after. She was16

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Answered By Dr. Macartney, BVet Med, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on November 21st, 2017

I am so terribly sorry for your loss of Moo. It is very unlikely that the accident was at all related to her heart disease which eventually lead to heart failure and her passing. The enlarged heart the doctor diagnosed her with indicated a chronic long term condition that would almost certainly would have exsisted before the accident. Again my deepest condolences on your loss. Please feel free to ask any further questions you may have. We are here to support you

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    Answered By Dr. Macartney, BVet Med, MRCVS

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    I am so terribly sorry for your loss of Moo. It is very u likely that the accident was at all related to her heart disease which eventually lead to heart failure and her passing. The enlarged heart the doctor diagnosed her with indicated a chronic long term condition that would almost certainly would have exsisted before the accident. Againmy deepest condolences on your loss. Please feel free to ask any further questions you may have. We are here to support you.

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