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

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Echocardiography Cardiac Views ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... #Orientations #Atlas
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... #Orientations #Atlas
Apical 5-Chamber (A5C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

With either slight fanning or probe
-Chamber (A5C) View ... - Regional Wall ... Anatomy on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... anterior portion
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
-Chamber (A2C) Window ... and inferior regional ... pooling of blood in the ... apex. ... #clinical #anatomy
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
-Chamber (A3C) View ... - Regional Wall ... Anatomy on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... portion must be anterior
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

This view is 90 degrees from
-Chamber (A2C) View ... - Regional Wall ... Anatomy on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... anterior and inferior
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Often one of the most challenging
-Chamber (A3C) View ... - Regional Wall ... Anatomy on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... opposing wall is antero-lateral
Lateral view
On a normal lateral view the contours of the heart are visible and the IVC
Lateral view On ... normal lateral view ... the heart are visible ... they should get darker ... #Clinical #Anatomy