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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... : Aortic Valve ( ... • PSAX: Mitral ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitaton on Parasternal long axis (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis (PLAX) is part of
Aortic and Mitral ... of your basic cardiac ... POCUS eval. ... #Mitral #Valve ... #clinical #cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., LAX, SAX, or4C ... ., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
(PLAX view) ... Non-ischemic EKG ... What's the Diagnosis ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
Parasternal Long Axis view ... (LA), anterior mitral ... *), and aorta (Ao ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... aortic valve vegetation ... #aorta #Valve # ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
parasternal long axis view ... x-ray and and ECG ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
location of the cardiac ... The pulmonic and aortic ... On this lateral view ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Echocardiogram Huge cardiac ... masses...initially diagnosed ... just beneath the aortic ... valve Anguished ... #cardiology #pocus
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... block, annular or aortic ... #management #cardiology