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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• SC Abdominal Aorta ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region ... Mitral valve (MV), Aortic ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - PLAX Elderly ... Diagnosis? ... aorta. ... #PLAX #Cardiology
AAA Endoleak on POCUS

80 y/o w severe abdominal pain, one year after endoprosthesis stent of an
provides an instant diagnosis ... contained endoleak to the ... aneurysmal sac. ... #clinical #aorta ... #ultrasound #vascular
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
(TEE) Windows 1 ... ME-Ascending Aorta ... ME-Ascending Aorta ... Descending Aorta ... #TEE #Windows #
Massive Aortic Root Dilatation on Echocardiogram (PLAX) in Marfan's Disease
Can’t remember size this was many years
get a sense from the ... Young man with marfan ... Ana Victoria Soto-Quintela ... #aorta #clinical ... pocus #Marfans #cardiology
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
patient with known AAA ... de novo between aorta ... compression of AAA ... aorta, focal bowel ... Management #Summary #vascular
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
often used to ‘window ... may not be in line ... is obtaining a SAX ... to view it in LAX ... abdominal aorta
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphoma • Thoracic aorta ... about 30% of these may ... sac into other ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
risk (>5%): - Aortic ... - Cataract Plan ... one post op Cardiology ... and undergoing AAA ... stratification #diagnosis