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

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #ChamberViews #Orientations ... #Atlas #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Valve (AV) Level ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #ChamberViews #Orientations ... #Atlas #Map #Comparison
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... , e.g., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... cardiology #views #TTE ... #orientations
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and ... Cardiology Windows and Anatomy ... PSAX) - Level of the ... PSAX) - Level of the ... Aortic Valve
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Regional Wall Anatomy ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... the aortic valve ... Regional #Wall #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Apical 5-Chamber (A5C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

With either slight fanning or probe
Regional Wall Anatomy ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... aortic valve. ... Regional #Wall #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
Axis (PSAX) at the ... level of the Aortic ... Valve Phased ... Short #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... POCUS #labeled #anatomy
Starr-Edwards Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacements on Fluoroscopy
This is a cardiac cath on a patient with
Fluoroscopy This is a cardiac ... This was the first ... 1960 and were the ... until the tilting ... still remember my anatomy
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... cultures • 2D Echo TTE ... • TTE nondiagnostic ... ↑ Suspicion -> TEE
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
Excrescences on Echocardiogram ... aortic valve. ... mass, TEE was done ... valve prolapse ... independent of cardiac