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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... • Parasternal Short-Axis ... -Chamber View (A4C ... #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... Beck's Triad 1. ... electrical alterans - Echocardiography ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
(3) components 1) ... A: Apical SC ... Suprasternal Notch 2) Echocardiographic ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... presents with 1 ... appearance of heart on CXR ... Has new large pericardial ... #A4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C ... presents with 1 ... appearance of heart on CXR ... Has new large pericardial ... #S4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
- Parasternal short ... presents with 1 ... appearance of heart on CXR ... Has new large pericardial ... #PSAX
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram - A4C ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... stopped after 1 ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
presents with 1 ... appearance of heart on CXR ... Has new large pericardial ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
thrombus occupying 1/ ... MI effecting [LAD ... territory] In PLAX ... Thrombus #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus #a4c
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Presentation 1. ... → no signs of CXR ... Transthoracic echocardiography ... of obstructive epicardial ... Consider cardiac