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POCUS Echocardiography Windows: Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) and Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)

- Abhilash Koratala MD https://twitter.com/NephroP

#PSAX
POCUS Echocardiography ... and Parasternal Long ... Axis (PLAX) ... #Windows #Anatomy ... #Cardiology
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and POCUS ... Cardiology Windows ... and Anatomy • ... Parasternal Long ... #Cardiology #Windows
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #ChamberViews #Orientations ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Alberta Sono @UAlberta_Sono

#PLAX #Regional #Wall
Parasternal Long ... Axis (PLAX) View ... Anatomy on POCUS ... #Anatomy #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Anatomy on POCUS ... The opposing wall ... infero-lateral (As seen in PLAX ... #Anatomy #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Understanding long ... short axes in TTE ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #POCUS #Fanning ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Serial trops (-) EM ... echo ==> Septal wall ... thickening and SAM ... echocardiogram #plax ... #cardiology #pocus
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
-Chamber (A2C) Window ... inferior regional wall ... pooling of blood in the ... #clinical #anatomy ... #cardiology
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
Echocardiogram (TEE ... ) Windows 1. ... ME-Long axis view ... #Windows #Views ... #diagnosis #cardiology