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Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Windows and Anatomy ... Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C ... Axis (PSAX) - Level ... of the Aortic Valve ... (A4C) • Apical
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Cardiac Views and Windows ... -Chamber View (A4C ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
In up to 1/4 of cases ... (takotsubo), apical ... also involves the ... #RightSided #BrokenHeart ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Parasternal A: Apical ... SC: Subcostal ... (AV) level, Two-chamber ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... - Valves ... Disease #RHF #RightSided ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
you see on this SC ... cause? ... diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
The tricuspid valve ... with the more apically ... congenital cause ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
: • Cardiomyopathy ... failure • Mitral valve ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Mechanical prosthetic valve ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
In this case, note ... the severely thickened ... septal tricuspid valve ... Carcinoid #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus #a4c