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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... : Aortic Valve ( ... MV) Level • Apical ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... #Comparison #Table
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , e.g., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... (AV) level, Two-chamber ... #Nomenclature #POCUS
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#MitralValve
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... RJonesSonoEM #MitralValve ... #MV #Endocarditis ... #clinical #cardiology ... #plax
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on the anterior MV ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
) Surgery may ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... presents with fever ... #aorta #Valve # ... Endocarditis #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #psax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
young patient with fever ... regurgitant flow may ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... #MitralValve #Vegetation
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
high index of clinical ... features: Fever ... results: vegetation may ... dysfunction common, Aortic ... #comparison #infective
Aortic Valve Nodules of Arantius on Echocardiogram

This is a parasternal short axis view at the level
Aortic Valve Nodules ... axis view at the level ... of the aortic valve ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Hypertrophy #Clinical