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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... -Chamber View (A4C ... MV) Level • Apical ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... on the anterior MV ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #plax
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Suprasternal Notch 2) Echocardiographic ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region ... (MV), Aortic valve
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
mobile mitral valve ... regurgitant flow may ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis #MitralValve
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
mitral stenosis - Infective ... parachute mitral valve ... MV annulus may be ... it results from SAM ... #Differential #Diagnosis