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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Long-Axis View (PLAX ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
look for Aortic Valve ... "Mercedes Benz Sign ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #PSAX
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
valve vegetation ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac ... #PLAX #AorticValve ... #Aorta #Vegetation ... #Endocarditis #
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
of cardiac image ... observation –loss of cardiac ... see this after cardiac ... echocardiogram #a4c #plax ... #pocus #airgap
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Anaphylaxis - Post-cardiac ... dysfunction - Endocarditis ... - Prosthetic valve ... Comparison #Table #Diagnosis ... #Features #Signs
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
patients with no signs ... revealed 19% had cardiac ... destruction of valve ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Echocardiogram Huge cardiac ... masses...initially diagnosed ... beneath the aortic valve ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
overlying thrombus in cardiac ... MR (double V sign ... Eosinophilia may play ... features seen on cardiac ... #diagnosis
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
The POCUS allowed ... with suspicious signs ... for a more rapid diagnosis ... #CardiacUS #SuprasternalNotch ... #AorticFlap #Aorta