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Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Cardiac Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical, Subcostal

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Views: PLAX, PSAX ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #Orientations #Atlas ... #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #Orientations #Atlas ... #Map #Comparison
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
assess for neck injury ... c-spine not cleared; plan ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... 3 hours since injury ... Analgesia/sedation plan
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
death too early may ... patient should focus ... a mechanism of injury ... brain death (e.g. cardiac
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
Tamponade on POCUS ... This 50 yo man ... PratsEM Distorted anatomy ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... echocardiogram #plax
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... of cardiac image ... see this after cardiac ... echocardiogram #a4c #plax ... #pocus #airgap
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
dental procedure • Cardiac ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... : • New cardiac ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... occlusion that may
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... ischemia, surgery may ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
dental procedure • Cardiac ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... : • New cardiac ... Septic emboli cause injury ... occlusion that may
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Short-Axis View (PSAX ... What are the next POCUS ... tests are not POCUS ... MRI, CT TAP are