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Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Cardiac Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical, Subcostal

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Views: PLAX, PSAX ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram # ... Heart #Windows # ... ChamberViews #Orientations
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Parasternal Short-Axis (PSAX ... Long Axis • PSAX ... (SSN) View • PSAX ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
short axes in TTE ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #Windows #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Fanning ... #Views #Clinical
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
yo M sent from clinic ... valve vegetation ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... Aorta #Vegetation #Endocarditis
Fractional Shortening (PLAX) on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is demonstrated in the clip?
Resolution: Fractional shortening
Fractional Shortening (PLAX ... ) on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Fractional #Shortening #PLAX ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #Cardiomyopathy
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
risk for sudden cardiac ... #HOCM #HCM #plax ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... mass just beneath the ... aortic valve Anguished ... face but clinically ... #pocus #plax
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
vegetation secondary to endocarditis ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis #