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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• SC Abdominal Aorta ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram # ... #ChamberViews #Orientations
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Pt had mitral valve ... Here you see a vegetation ... cardiology #a4c #plax
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
valve vegetation ... Also, LV dilation ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... #AorticValve #Aorta
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... cardiology #views #TTE ... #orientations
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
, Mitral Valve, ... LV in different ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #Windows #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Fanning
Atrial Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

35yoF presents with acute onset atrial fibrillation.  POCUS shows dilated
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... mitral valve coaptation ... jet seen from LV ... to LA across the ... #Echocardiogram
Fractional Shortening (PLAX) on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is demonstrated in the clip?
Resolution: Fractional shortening
) on POCUS Echocardiogram ... function (& replaced mitral ... At mid LV the distance ... The ao valves open ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
demonstrate a mobile mitral ... with a vegetation ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
LV Thrombus on POCUS (PLAX)

60 yo man with PMH of dilated cardiomyopathy comes to ED with
LV Thrombus on POCUS ... mitral valve, but ... to the LV wall. ... Wall #Thrombus #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #PLAX #Clot
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
left ventricle (LV ... ), left atrium ( ... LA), anterior mitral ... *), and aorta (Ao ... EM #Cardiology #POCUS