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Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Cardiac Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical, Subcostal

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Transthoracic Echocardiography ... Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Comparison #Table #Echocardiography
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... Affects RV & TV >> LV ... • Anterior and Apical ... Functional Orifice • Echocardiographic ... #POCUS #clinical
The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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The Role of Echocardiography ... • Evaluate for LV ... apical aneurysm ... Cardiomyopathy #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Parasternal A: Apical ... Suprasternal Notch 2) Echocardiographic ... Plane, e.g., LAX, SAX ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... cardiology #views #TTE
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic ... criteria of LV ... subxyphoid, and apical ... #Echocardiogram ... Chin #cardiology #diagnosis
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
Echocardiogram ... for associated LV ... thrombus. ... pooling of blood in the ... #clinical #anatomy
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
LV should always ... a Capital “D" ! ... - Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram
Hmm... I wonder why his fingers are black and his feet don't have pulses... Oh well.
LV Thrombus at the ... IUEM_ultrasound #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #LVThrombus ... #Apical #LowEF
Moderator Band (Septomarginal Trabecula) on POCUS Echocardiogram

RV marked by moderator band (septomarginal trabeculae), apically-positioned TV (compared
Echocardiogram ... space between the ... Here LV is on indicator ... clinical #cardiology #anatomy ... #apical