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Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Plane, e.g., LAX, SAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... #POCUS #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Axis Windows: ... Aortic Valve, Mitral ... #Echocardiogram ... Fanning #Views #Clinical ... #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• Parasternal Short-Axis ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Parasternal Short ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... mercedes #sign #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #cardiology #PSAX
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
ME-Ascending Aorta ... ME-Ascending Aorta ... Descending Aorta ... Descending Aorta ... Views #diagnosis #cardiology
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... #aorta #Valve # ... Endocarditis #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #clinical ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Sign - Type A Aortic ... Can you spot the ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #cardiology #clinical ... #plax #clinical
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
Point of Care Ultrasound ... often used to ‘window ... the view from short ... is obtaining a SAX ... the abdominal aorta
Aortic Dissection seen through a large left pleural effusion on POCUS

Aortic Dissection! Pro move- using the
visualize thoracic aorta ... providing a sonic window ... the lumen of the aorta ... effusion #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #flap