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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Mitral Valve (MV ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Mitral Valve (MV ... mitral valve (MV ... #MitralValve #MV ... Cardiology #Clinical #POCUS
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
and distorted MV ... Destruction of MV ... masses involving MV ... Thickened MV. ... Thickened MV.
Progression of EKG changes in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
Hyperacute T waves:
 • Broad-based and symmetrical, usually
depression ≥ 0.05 mV ... inversion ≥ 0.1 mV ... V2 or V3: 0.1 mV ... 40 years, 0.25 mV ... years or ≥ 0.15 mV
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Mitral valve (MV ... #Nomenclature #POCUS
Oxygen Delivery Devices
1. Flow is a variable describing the movement of a volume of gas over
Minute Ventilation (MV ... influenced by your MV ... patient's flow rate / MV ... influenced by your MV ... Devices #Flow #Comparison
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
fusion, thick MV ... Double orifice MV ... , parachute MV ( ... or dysplastic MV ... induced - Thick MV
Posterior chamber pathology comparison on Ocular POCUS:
- vitreous hemorrhage
- vitreous detachment
- retinal detachment

#Posterior #chamber #pathology #Ocular
chamber pathology comparison ... on Ocular POCUS ... pathology #Ocular #POCUS ... Detachment #Hemorrhage #Comparison
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Endocarditis on POCUS ... #POCUS give you ... on the anterior MV ... #Endocarditis #POCUS
Stimulated
SA node
AV node -
Un-stimulated
#PQ
(mV) 0
ECG (lead II)
QRS
#QRS
#SA node
#AV node
#Bundle of His
Bundle branches
#Purkinje fibers
#QRS
#ST
Un-stimulated #PQ (mV