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

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Views: PLAX, PSAX ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Views and Windows ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Parasternal long axis (PLAX ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... in addition to the ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... in addition to the ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis ... defect (Type 1) or anatomic ... appear in left heart ... 3-6 cardiac cycles ... after right atrial
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
Transesophageal Echocardiogram ... (TEE) Windows 1 ... ME Left Atrial Appendage ... #TEE #Windows # ... Views #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... - Cataract Plan ... risk Chest X-ray ... postoperative cardiac ... stratification #diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
in AA and AL Cardiac ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial ... heart GI Tests
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Circulation • Check heart ... lead ECG, chest X-ray ... ) → 3-12 o Cardiac ... oedema, congenital heart ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
overlying thrombus in cardiac ... ventricles and marked atria ... Eosinophilia may play ... • Restrictive heart ... EMF #cardiology #diagnosis