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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Cardiac Views and Windows ... View • 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 ... Parasternal A: Apical ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... #POCUS #cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Echocardiogram ... Activate cath lab ... POCUS (apical window ... #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
Apical Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram

LV apical wall motion abnormality on this 4-chamber view.
Differential should
Echocardiogram ... Differential should be LAD ... infarct vs Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
(A2C) Window on ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... EF -> visible mural ... #window #pocus # ... echocardiogram #
Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis - POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical 4-chamber view, a mobile echogenic mass is seen
Echocardiogram ... Apical 4-chamber ... in & out of the LA ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Echocardiogram ... - Apical 4 Chamber ... appearance of heart on CXR ... large pericardial effusion ... #Cardiology #A4C
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
MI effecting [LAD ... DD the [apical HOCM ... Thrombus #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram ... - A4C Pt sent to ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... RA collapse on Apical ... #cardiology
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Mitral valve doesn ... ’t look typical ... This can be LA aneurysm ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus