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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... (RV) Inflow View ... (RV) Outflow View ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
Right Ventricular ... (EI) = D2/D1 RV ... “D Sign” EI > 1 ... #DSign #Ultrasound ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Postoperative Hemorrhagic Pericardial effusion with Left Ventricular Compression and Tamponade

- Reza Karimianpour, D.O. https://twitter.com/officialdrk12

#Postoperative #Pericardial #Effusion
effusion with Left Ventricular ... LVCompression #Tamponade #Cardiac ... #PLAX #POCUS #Ultrasound ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #Cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (S4C)
Can be missed on cardiac monitor - another reason to echo
Ventricular Fibrillation ... (S4C) Can be missed ... on cardiac monitor ... reason to echo during ... #clinical #cardiology
Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST
out this apical cardiac ... Dx: Right ventricular ... UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c #trauma
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
view is described using ... (3) components 1) ... A: Apical SC ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
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
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Echocardiogram (S4c ... you might think "RV ... effusion crushing the RV ... Tamponade #clinical #ultrasound ... #POCUS #cardiology
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Interdependence: • Limited Cardiac ... to Accommodate RV ... • Rapid Early Ventricular ... A-wave (E/A > 1) ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... presents with 1 ... Pt has biventricular ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #PLAX