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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 ... : Aortic Valve ( ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
Ultrasound Right Ventricular ... @Pocus101 #DSign ... echocardiogram #psax ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #pocus
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
(MV) during systole ... towards the left ventricular ... Differential diagnosis ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
Osborn (J Wave)

Etiology 
• Hypothermia (below 320C / SOOF) 
• Normal variant 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Neurological
Normal variant • Hypercalcemia ... Medications • Ventricular ... No prognostic value ... Osborn #JWave #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
view is described using ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Echocardiography Right ventricular ... can be assessed using ... independent prognostic value ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... (PLAX) 50 yo female ... hyperechoic mass moving ... #Endocarditis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #cardiology
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
Left Ventricular ... RV) compaction during ... Cardiomyopathy #clinical #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #psax #cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... 85% of predicted value ... Contraindications: Pts with ventricular ... arrythmias Diagnostics ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Right Ventricular Size and Measurements on POCUS Echocardiogram
 - Proximal Outflow Tract (PLAX View) >30 mm
Right Ventricular ... Measurements on POCUS ... #Measurements #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #diagnosis ... #cardiology