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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Views and Windows ... (PLAX) • Parasternal ... (A4C) • Inferior ... (A5C) • SC Abdominal ... • PSAX: Aortic
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Nomenclature Each view ... A: Apical SC ... Mitral valve (MV), Aortic ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Stroke Volume & Cardiac ... Measurement on POCUS ... Obtain PLAX 2. ... systole, 1cm from aortic ... Obtain A5c view
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS ... Echocardiogram - Subcostal View ... Pericardial window ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... clinical #cardiology #ultrasound
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
parasternal long axis view ... Division Chief, Ultrasound ... Director #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #AorticDissection
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
The subcostal view ... really the only view ... encounter challenging cardiac ... anticoags - VCU Ultrasound ... echocardiogram #s4c
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
often used to ‘window ... they snap into view ... Also allows view ... get an apical view ... swing’ it into view
Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST
Right Ventricle on POCUS ... out this apical cardiac ... view though! ... UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... clinical #cardiology #s4c