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Parasternal Windows on POCUS
PLAX = parasternal long axis 
PSAX = parasternal short axis

- Dr. Abhilash Koratala
parasternal long axis ... PSAX = parasternal ... short axis - ... ultrasound #anatomy #psax ... #plax
POCUS Echocardiography Windows: Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) and Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)

- Abhilash Koratala MD https://twitter.com/NephroP

#PSAX
Parasternal Short Axis ... (PSAX) and Parasternal ... Long Axis (PLAX ... twitter.com/NephroP #PSAX ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Parastemal Long-Axis ... (PSAX) Views ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Long AxisPSAX ... (SSN) View • PSAX
Stanford classification:
- Type A: Ascending aorta
- Type B: Distal to ascending aorta
#Diagnosis #Aortic #Dissection #Aorta #Classification
classification: - Type ... A: Ascending aorta ... - Type B: Distal ... to ascending aorta ... Aortic #Dissection #Aorta
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Parasternal Long Axis ... Parasternal Short Axis ... (PSAX) - Level ... Parasternal Short Axis ... (PSAX) - Level
Aortic Dissection Classification:

Stanford (More commonly used)
 - Type A- Any involvement of the ascending aorta
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commonly used) - Type ... the ascending aorta ... aorta only (distal ... aorta only - Type ... #TypeB #TypeIII
Middle age male with hx of seizures presents with cp. comfortable. Has sz in ED, gets
Type A Dissection ... Parasternal Long Axis ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... Aortic #Dissection #TypeA
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Echocardiogram - PLAX ... patient had a type ... the descending aorta ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Parasternal Short axis ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... Clinical #cardiology #PSAX
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... on POCUS (PLAX ... DavidPigottMD #TypeA ... Dissection #Aortic #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #PLAX