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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
and Windows • ... : Aortic Valve ( ... • PSAX: Mitral ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Nomenclature Each view ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) Window - POCUS Echocardiogram Anatomy
 - Papillary Muscles Level (Mid-LV)
 - Aortic
) Window - POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Level (Mid-LV) - Aortic ... Valve Level ... #view #POCUS
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
: Aortic Valve ... , Mitral Valve, ... Papillary Muscle Views ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #Windows #Echocardiogram
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve ... #plax #Echocardiogram
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve ... #psax #Echocardiogram
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... PSLA view with subtle ... aortic valve vegetation ... #aorta #Valve # ... #ultrasound #cardiology
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
• Using IV heroin ... demonstrate a mobile mitral ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
Point of Care Ultrasound ... often used to ‘window ... it in LAX for in ... pressure around the umbilical ... the abdominal aorta