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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Inflow View • Apical ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Outflow View • Apical ... (AV) Level • Apical ... (MV) Level • Apical
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
JA, Goldstein SA ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... LikelihoodRatios #LR #Typical ... #Atypical #ChestPain ... #Cardiac
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
) ECG has been ... Cardiac MR shows ... no LGE and no apical ... #apical #hypertrophic ... #pocus
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... EKG nonspecific, ... MRI (+) septal HCM ... echocardiogram #plax ... #cardiology #pocus
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Parasternal A: Apical ... Imaging Plane, e.g ... ., LAX, SAX, or4C ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS Echocardiogram

50's male CAP on Day 4 Zpak but worsening-fever, congestion, cough. BP
ECG Trop I 1.13. ... Apical 4 below. ... Apical 2 next. ... entire mid and apical ... Note akinesia apical
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
territory] In PLAX ... DD the [apical HOCM ... Thrombus #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Echocardiogram - Apical ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
30%, LVEDd > 6.0 cm ... pregnancy • May have typical ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram - A4C ... K 5.9 without EKG ... RA collapse on Apical ... Pericardial #Effusion #Cardiac ... #clinical #cardiology