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

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Views: PLAX, PSAX ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy #POCUS ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... #Comparison #Table
Hepatic Vein Doppler Waveform
WAVE | DIRECTION |  PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE | MECHANISM OF
PHASE OF THE CARDIAC ... | MECHANISM OF GENERATION ... Waveform #diagnosis #pocus ... #comparison #interpretation
Clinician's Pocket Guide to Vasopressors - Receptor Profiles and Hemodynamic Parameters
 • Systemic Vascular Resistance -
Changes in the heart ... rate • MAP - ... Systolic BP)) / 3 • Cardiac ... cheatsheet #management #comparison
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Diagnosis Framework MAP ... Cardiogenic (Intra-cardiac ... failure): • Severe heart ... → tension PTX, cardiac ... Diagnosis #table #comparison
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole. 
Surrogate indicator of
throughout one cardiac ... MAP = [Cardiac Output ... CO) = Heart Rate ... Heart rate is affected ... considered only to play
Cardiac tamponade - a swinging heart of electrical alternans on Echocardiogram - PSAX

- Ivan Stankovic, MD,
Cardiac tamponade ... - a swinging heart ... Echocardiogram - PSAX ... Ivan_Echocardio #Cardiac ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
dental procedure • Cardiac ... loss • Myalgias Cardiac ... : • New cardiac ... occlusion that may ... Abscess, destructive penetrating
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... Parasternal long axis (PLAX ... appearance of heart ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #POCUS #clinical
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
on POCUS - Blood ... move with the heart ... Purulent pceff may ... independently from cardiac ... #Fluid #POCUS #