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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Parasternal Short-Axis (PSAX ... ) • Inferior Vena ... Long Axis • PSAX ... (SSN) View • PSAX
McConnell's sign is not specific for acute pulmonary embolism, it can also be seen in right
McConnell's sign ... seen in right ventricular ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #McConnells ... #Sign #InferiorMI
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram
It is always great to witness the tremendous reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from
reversal of severe biventricular ... #Myocarditis #plax ... #psax #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Examples of McConnell's sign: Regional wall motion abnormalities sparing the right ventricular apex - suggestive of
sign: Regional ... sparing the right ventricular ... #Sign #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Strain
In order to get good visualization of the RV, Intravenous Definity (brand name echo contrast material)
see it in right ventricular ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Definity #A4C ... #McConnells #Sign ... #RVInfarction #InferiorMI
LV Pseudoaneurysm

• False “pseudo” aneurysm: rupture w/ blood contained *outside* wall layers. (case below)

• True aneurysm:
Pseudoaneurysm #Ventricular ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #CardiacMRI #PSAX ... #A4C #Echocardiogram
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... Pneumopericardium #clinical ... echocardiogram #a4c ... #plax #pocus #airgap ... #sign
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... (A) a dilated inferior ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical