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POCUS Echocardiography Windows: Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) and Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)

- Abhilash Koratala MD https://twitter.com/NephroP

#PSAX
POCUS Echocardiography ... Windows: Parasternal ... Short Axis (PSAX ... #PSAX #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Suprasternal Notch 2) ... Echocardiographic ... Two-chamber #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Level • Apical 2- ... Echocardiogram # ... #Cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Axis Windows: ... motion to image the LV ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Fanning ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and ... POCUS Cardiology ... Windows and Anatomy ... A4C) • Apical 2 ... #POCUS #Cardiology
Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echo (FATE) - Basic FATE views

Pos 1: Subcostal 4-chamber

Pos 2: Apical 4-chamber

Pos 3:
-chamber Pos 2: ... 3: Parasternal LV ... short axis Pos ... Transthoracic #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Windows
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic ... criteria of LV ... other coexisting cardiac ... #Echocardiogram ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology
Diastolic Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography
Grade 0  (Normal):
 • E/A >0.8, e’ > 8 cm/s, E/e’
Relaxation Speed Grade 2 ... Restrictive): • E/A >2, ... #echocardiogram ... grades #diagnosis #cardiology ... #POCUS
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
Apical 2-Chamber ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... for associated LV ... #pocus #echocardiogram ... clinical #anatomy #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... Short-Axis View ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology