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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... #Cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitaton on Parasternal long axis (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis (PLAX) is part of
Aortic and Mitral ... on Parasternal long ... of your basic cardiac ... POCUS eval. ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Axis Windows: Aortic ... Valve, Mitral Valve ... Understanding long ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic ... other coexisting cardiac ... Views: parasternal long ... and apical • Focus ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
a parasternal long ... in parasternal long ... aortic root, and ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
Parasternal Long ... (LA), anterior mitral ... aortic valve and ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Exam showed BP 100 ... edema, and clear lungs ... , (B) a septal mitral ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
stairs, brisk 4 mph ... exam Determine Cardiac ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung