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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 ... SSN: Color Flow Doppler
Dilated Coronary Sinus on Echocardiogram (PSAX)

Dilated coronary sinus can mimic pericardial effusion in the  parasternal
(PSAX) Dilated ... mimic pericardial effusion ... Pericardial effusion ... #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology #POCUS
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Septal Shudder, tubular LV (bullet shaped), D Cruz sign(abnormal angle between post wall
on Echocardiogram ... shaped), D Cruz sign ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #PLAX
Sonographic Pulsus Paradoxus: Pulsed wave Doppler over mitral valve inflow demonstrating peak velocity change >25% with
Paradoxus: Pulsed wave ... Doppler over mitral ... Pulsus #Paradoxus #Echocardiogram ... #Effusion #POCUS ... #a4c #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
on Echocardiogram ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #a4c #plax #pocus ... #airgap #sign
Early Systolic Notching (ESN) Measurement on POCUS
Here is how you evaluate for Early Systolic Notching
1) Parasternal
Measurement on POCUS ... PV 2) Pulsed wave ... doppler 3) ESN ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #psax
Pneumopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram

This 70yo male presents with sob. He is in a left lateral decub
Pneumopericardium on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... , no signs of tamponade ... #clinical #cardiology ... #plax