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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 ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Parasternal Short-Axis (PSAX ... Long Axis • PSAX ... • PSAX: Mitral ... #POCUS #Cardiac
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Subcostal SSN: Suprasternal ... Notch 2) Echocardiographic ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region ... #Nomenclature #POCUS
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
(PLAX) Surgery ... may be considered ... prevent embolism (should ... Mitral #Valve #plax ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX ... #Short #Axis #PSAX ... #echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #POCUS ... #labeled #anatomy
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Surgery may ... prevent embolism (should ... Mitral #Valve #psax ... #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
Massive PE - The LV should ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #DSign #MassivePE
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... of cardiac image ... see this after cardiac ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #a4c #plax #pocus
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
Tamponade on POCUS ... This 50 yo man ... PratsEM Distorted anatomy ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #plax
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
on Echocardiogram ... Short-Axis View (PSAX ... What are the next POCUS ... tests are not POCUS ... #PSAX #clinical