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Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... 1) Transducer Position ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... #POCUS #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Cardiac Views and Windows ... View (A4C) • Inferior ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
, Mitral Valve, ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #Windows #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Fanning ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
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 ... vegetation on the anterior ... #a4c #plax
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
look for Aortic Valve ... "Mercedes Benz Sign ... Aorta #mercedes #sign ... #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #PSAX
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Septal Shudder, tubular LV (bullet shaped), D Cruz sign(abnormal angle between post wall
on Echocardiogram ... shaped), D Cruz sign ... #Pericarditis #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #PLAX
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... (A) a dilated inferior ... , (B) a septal mitral ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
D-shaped interventricular septum in PSAX. Note how the septum bulges right-ward shortly after mitral valve closure
shortly after mitral ... valve closure ( ... @SAlerhand #DSign ... #PSAX #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... Echocardiogram ... #DoubleValve #Sign ... #cardiology #clinical ... #plax #clinical
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... loss of cardiac window ... #echocardiogram ... #a4c #plax #pocus ... #airgap #sign