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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• PSAX: Aortic Valve ... • PSAX: Mitral Valve ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac ... pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #A4c #clinical
Anticipated Valve Locations on Chest Xray - *These are anticipated locations.  The locations could be
Anticipated Valve ... the patient has anatomic ... chamber enlargement, cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #Valve
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Regional Wall Anatomy ... see the aortic valve ... Regional #Wall #Anatomy ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
Apical 5-Chamber (A5C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

With either slight fanning or probe
Regional Wall Anatomy ... with the aortic valve ... Regional #Wall #Anatomy ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
thrombolysed with SK ... large clot and tamponade ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... Pericarditis, Tamponade ... agent, steroids, AC ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Tamponade Masked ... sided collapse) #Clinical ... #POCUS #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Effusion causing Cardiac ... (A4c) Hypotensive ... tamponade! ... #Tamponade #clinical ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

In an unstable pt w/ chest trauma, subxiphoid view FIRST!

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Effusion with Tamponade ... Pericardial #Effusion #Tamponade ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #cardiology #clinical ... #s4c #trauma