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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Parasternal Short-Axis (PSAX ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Long Axis • PSAX ... (SSN) View • PSAX
D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Short Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
Notice not only RV ... dilation but also LV ... bulging septum on PLAX ... on PSAX. ... #PSAX #Echocardiogram
RV Dilatation in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Long Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
dilation but also LV ... bulging septum on PLAX ... D-sign appreciated ... on PSAX. ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram
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 ... ” EI > 1 - POCUS ... #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis
Right Ventricular Size and Measurements on POCUS Echocardiogram
 - Proximal Outflow Tract (PLAX View) >30 mm
Right Ventricular ... Outflow Tract (PLAX ... outflow tract (PSAX ... outflow tract (PSAX ... #diagnosis #cardiology
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
Massive PE - The LV ... overwhelm the RV ... LV takes shape of ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #DSign #MassivePE
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
& TV >> LV & MV ... • Ventricular ... Myopathy" (sometimes LV ... Ebsteins #Anomaly #A4c ... #POCUS #clinical
LV Pseudoaneurysm

• False “pseudo” aneurysm: rupture w/ blood contained *outside* wall layers. (case below)

• True aneurysm:
LV Pseudoaneurysm ... HeartToProve #LV ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #CardiacMRI #PSAX ... #A4C #Echocardiogram
This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, HR 150s. What's the diagnosis? Treatment options? Hint:
What's the diagnosis ... LV and RV function ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #McConnells
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Septal Shudder, tubular LV (bullet shaped), D Cruz sign(abnormal angle between post wall
Shudder, tubular LV ... (abnormal angle ... between post wall of LV ... #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #PLAX