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Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Axis Windows: ... Aortic Valve, Mitral ... Valve, and Papillary ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Cardiac CTA showing Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Thickening of all the leaflets.

Dr. Daniel Lorenzatti @danilorenzatti

#Endocarditis #AorticValve #Aorta #Clinical
Cardiac CTA showing ... Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... Thickening of all the ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... #Clinical #Radiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
, e.g., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and POCUS ... Cardiology Windows ... Aortic Valve ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Cardiology #Windows
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Views and Windows ... • Parasternal Short-Axis ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... in Endocarditis ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Parasternal Short ... Valve in a plane ... leaflets coining the ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... CA • Involves aortic ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... block, annular or aortic ... #management #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
(LV thrombus, LAA ... Angiography or Cardiac ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... surgery, endocarditis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
level of the Aortic ... Valve Phased ... helps assess for aortic ... echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS #labeled