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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
(A4C) • Inferior ... Aorta Long Axis ... • PSAX: Aortic ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Valve in a plane ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #cardiology ... #PSAX
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
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... aorta. ... Dissection #Flap #POCUS ... #Cardiology #clinical
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
) View - Regional ... Wall Anatomy on POCUS ... aortic valve, the ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., LAX, SAX, or4C ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Obtain PLAX 2. ... systole, 1cm from aortic ... valve apparatus ... Obtain A5c view ... #cardiology
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
Apical 5-Chamber (A5C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

With either slight fanning or probe
Wall Anatomy on POCUS ... aortic valve. ... Wall #Anatomy #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
wall of the aorta ... valve disease ... • Cardiac surgery ... #Dissection #diagnosis ... #management #vascular