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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View (A4C) • ... Inferior Vena Cava ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Motion (SAM) of the Mitral ... towards the left ventricular ... Differential diagnosis ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
EF -> visible mural ... UAlberta_Sono #Apical #2Chamber ... #a2c #window #pocus ... echocardiogram #clinical ... #anatomy #cardiology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
poor prognostic signs ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #timeline
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... Differential/diagnosis ... RV, McConnell's sign ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... , (B) a septal mitral ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
patients w/ different diagnoses ... demonstrate an apical 4-chamber ... infarct or acute chest ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Often one of the most challenging
Wall Anatomy on POCUS ... exclude the left ventricular ... opposing wall is antero-lateral ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
- Subcostal 4 Chamber ... Diagnosis? ... Note akinesia of anterior ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #clinical
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
displaced than the mitral ... the RV as the ventricular ... tethering of the anterior ... Ebstein #Anomaly #POCUS ... #cardiology #a4c