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Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Cardiac Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical, Subcostal

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Transthoracic Echocardiography ... PLAX, PSAX, Apical ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Normal Coronary Sinus on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
Dilated CS can be mistaken as descending thoracic aorta. Know
Normal Coronary ... (PLAX) Dilated ... descending thoracic aorta ... Know the echocardiographic ... #anatomy #cardiology
Dilated Coronary Sinus on POCUS Echocardiogram
Dilated CS can be mistaken as descending thoracic aorta. Know the
Dilated Coronary ... descending thoracic aorta ... Know the echocardiographic ... #PLAX #clinical ... #anatomy #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... - Cataract Plan ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... • Preoperative coronary
LAMP2 cardiomyopathy in a 12-year-old boy with sudden death (Table 1; patient #1). A. At autopsy,
sudden death (Table 1; ... patient #1). ... Ao = aorta; LVFW ... Adjacent cardiac ... Abnormal intramural coronary
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• Occurs in ~1 ... • Spontaneous coronary ... failure • Aortic ... Diagnosis: • Echocardiography ... experience recovery of cardiac
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
As with stress echocardiography ... assessment for each coronary ... History of heart ... significantly worse on echocardiogram ... or greater than 1