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Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Mitral valve (MV), Aortic ... valve (AV) level ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
syndrome • Aortic ... Diptheria • Typhoid fever ... Acute rheumatic fever ... Psittacosis • Q fever ... • Yellow fever
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and ... POCUS Cardiology ... Windows and Anatomy ... of the Aortic Valve ... #POCUS #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Cardiac Views and Windows ... Valve (AV) Level ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #
PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram

PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm after
Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram ... High grade fever ... Pseudoaneurysm #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
level of the Aortic ... This view helps assess ... heart strain (pulmonary ... Short #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #labeled
Splenic Abscess on POCUS

Older male with IVDU presents with fever, abdominal pain and hypotension.  During
on POCUS Older ... presents with fever ... your perisplenic window ... Had Aortic valve ... #Spleen #POCUS
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... infarction • Aortic ... patients with pulmonary ... Mediterranean fever ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... night sweats, fever ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... • TTE nondiagnostic
Complex Aortic Atheroma on Suprasternal Notch View 
Never forget the suprasternal view during standard TTE examination.

Would
Suprasternal Notch View Never ... during standard TTE ... #SSN #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus