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Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Cardiology Windows ... Long Axis (PLAX ... Short Axis (PSAX ... Short Axis (PSAX ... Aortic Valve
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Short-Axis (PSAX ... Long Axis • PSAX ... (SSN) View • PSAX ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Parasternal Short ... Axis Windows: ... short axes in TTE ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #POCUS #Fanning
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
" P: Parasternal ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... cardiology #views #TTE
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
Axis (PSAX) at ... Aortic Valve ... heart strain (pulmonary ... might even see a saddle ... #Short #Axis #PSAX
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism

Suspicious for PE? You can use
Pulmonary Artery ... Clot seen on PSAX ... You can use #POCUS ... pulmonary artery ... PSAX #AcutePE #Saddle
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Parasternal Short ... look for Aortic Valve ... leaflets coining the ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Clinical #cardiology #PSAX
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled Thrombus in Purple

Suspicious
Pulmonary Artery ... Clot seen on PSAX ... pulmonary artery ... parasternal short ... PSAX #AcutePE #Saddle
D-shaped interventricular septum in PSAX. Note how the septum bulges right-ward shortly after mitral valve closure
interventricular septum in PSAX ... mitral valve closure ... @SAlerhand #DSign ... #PSAX #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical
Aortopulmonary Window connection between Ascending Aorta & Main Pulmonary Artery
 - Presence of 2 semilunar valves
Aortopulmonary Window ... Ascending Aorta & Main Pulmonary ... Artery - Presence ... Aortopulmonary #APWindow #PSAX ... clinical #cardiology #pocus