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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Chamber View • Right ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Axis • Right ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Effusion - Diastolic Right ... Collapse - Systolic Right ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Sign" c/w acute right ... Diagnosis concerning ... for Pulmonary Embolism ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Interstitial lung ... Intracardiac Right ... Right to Left Shunt
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myocardium • Right ... #Differential #
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... Right Ventricular ... #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pocus
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Point of Care Ultrasound ... - Right Ventricular ... Hypertrophy - Right ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... Extremities - Right ... #differential # ... diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Note larger right ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #A4c #clinical
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
Findings of Acute Right ... Regurgitation - Elevated Pulmonary ... #RV #Strain #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #Right #Ventricular