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Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... mitral valves and ... #Mitral #Valve ... #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... or mitral vegetations ... #Valve #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Cardiac Views and Windows ... : Aortic Valve ( ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #ChamberViews #Orientations ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... or mitral vegetations ... #Valve #psax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Parasternal Short Axis Windows ... : Aortic Valve ... , Mitral Valve, ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Fibrillation (A-Fib ... control with early Afib ... Mechanical heart valve ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #cardiology
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
on mitral and aortic ... valve. ... Vegetations mostly ... Endocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
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 ... block, annular or aortic ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
valve prolapse ... disease (e.g., aortic ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology