30 results
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... : Aortic Valve ( ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... - PLAX Why would ... stethoscope would hear ... #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitaton on Parasternal long axis (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis (PLAX) is part of
Valve Regurgitaton ... of your basic cardiac ... POCUS eval. ... #Mitral #Valve ... #clinical #cardiology
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
valve disease ... • Cardiac surgery ... opiates • Control heart ... #Dissection #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., LAX, SAX, or4C ... ., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
MVP/MR, mitral valve ... regurgitation; AS, aortic ... ventricular septal defect ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Measurement on POCUS ... Obtain PLAX 2. ... systole, 1cm from aortic ... valve apparatus ... #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
the level of the Aortic ... Valve Phased ... acuity of right heart ... echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS #labeled
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... - Type A Aortic ... Echocardiogram STEMI on EKG ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #plax
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
Myocarditis Diagnosis ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology