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Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Cardiac Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical, Subcostal

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Views: PLAX ... , PSAX, Apical, ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy #POCUS ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... #Comparison #Table
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - PLAX Elderly ... Dissection #Flap #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... on POCUS (PLAX ... DavidPigottMD #TypeA ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... Clinical #Ultrasound #POCUS
Middle age male with hx of seizures presents with cp. comfortable. Has sz in ED, gets
Type A Dissection ... Medicine #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... Aortic #Dissection #TypeA
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Diagnosis Framework MAP ... ↓ CO, ↑ SVR, ↓ PCWP ... ↓ CO, ↑ SVR, ↑ PCWP ... ↓ CO, ↑ SVR, ↓ PCWP ... Diagnosis #table #comparison
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
TypeA Aortic Dissection ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... surgery for this Type ... Dissection #Aorta #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #PLAX
Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
Dissection on POCUS ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... pathology on #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... clinical #cardiology #TypeA
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
Normal/Low • PCWP ... mmHg • PADP-PCWP ... • RV size - May ... mmHg • PADP-PCWP ... Echocardiogram #comparison
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Echocardiogram (PLAX ... ) Surgery may ... Mitral #Valve #plax ... clinical #cardiology #pocus