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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Level • Apical 2- ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Stroke Volume & Cardiac ... Measurement on POCUS ... Obtain PLAX 2. ... #Measurement #POCUS ... #cardiology
VFib Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram

67yo male arrives unresponsive and pulseless after 20min continuous prehospital CPR. 

#VFib
VFib Arrest on POCUS ... #VFib #Arrest #Cardiac ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #PLAX ... #Cardiology
Junctional Rhythms - Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a
from impulses coming ... from a locus of ... junction" between atria ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... Junctional #Rhythms #Table
Massive Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (TEE)
Pt admitted for SOB x 2 months with episode of
Massive Left Atrial ... admitted for SOB x 2 ... overload, but was doing ... TEE #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
view is described using ... Suprasternal Notch 2) ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Good vs Bad CPR on POCUS TEE during Cardiac Arrest
POCUS TEE can be utilized intra-arrest to
vs Bad CPR on POCUS ... TEE during Cardiac ... Arrest POCUS TEE ... utilized intra-arrest ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Classic EKG triad of long QT, ST-depression, and PVCs in Hypokalemia
Worry about hypokalemia; this patient had
Classic EKG triad ... Worry about hypokalemia ... this patient had cardiac ... arrest due to gastroenteritis-induced ... Electrocardiogram #Cardiology
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
cardiogenic shock 2. ... Recurrent/persistent rest ... Rx: NSTEMI/UA: stable ... #Indications #Cardiac ... catheterization #cardiology
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
sign: loss of cardiac ... image during systole ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #a4c #plax ... #pocus #airgap