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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... -Chamber View (A4C ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Rheumatic heart disease on Echocardiogram (PLAX) - Aortic & Mitral Stenosis

- Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Rheumatic
Rheumatic heart ... (PLAX) - Aortic ... & Mitral Stenosis ... #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology #mitral
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... • Rheumatic Heart ... • Prolapse • Dilated ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential #
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided Heart ... Failure - Differential ... StenosisMitral ... Regurgitation Dilated ... #Differential #
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart ... Stenosis on Echocardiogram ... cardiac chambers dilated ... #Stenosis #Echocardiogram ... #a4c #thrombus
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... heart disease ... calcification - Age-related ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
shoulder, footprint tilted ... assess for aortic stenosis ... acuity of right heart ... #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... pericarditis: (A) a dilated ... , (B) a septal mitral ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- Rheumatic heart ... stenosis - Infective ... Nonischemic MR: Dilated ... results in MR from dilated ... Primary #Functional #Differential