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Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
POCUS Cardiology ... ) - Level of the ... ) - Level of the ... Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... #POCUS #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... -Chamber View (A4C ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... Aortic valve (AV) level ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
loss of cardiac window ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #a4c #plax #pocus ... #airgap #sign
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Wall Anatomy on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... portion must be anterior ... infero-lateral (As seen in PLAX ... #clinical #cardiology
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
leaflets coining the ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #cardiology #PSAX
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Echocardiogram ... anterior MV leaflet ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
) Window on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... pooling of blood in the ... #window #pocus ... clinical #anatomy #cardiology
Dilated Coronary Sinus on POCUS Echocardiogram
Dilated CS can be mistaken as descending thoracic aorta. Know the
descending thoracic aorta ... Know the echocardiographic ... #PLAX #clinical ... #anatomy #cardiology ... #a4c
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... (A) a dilated inferior ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology