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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• SC Abdominal Aorta ... : Aortic Valve ( ... • PSAX: Mitral ... #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral ... Coarctation of the ... aorta - Indwelling ... right heart catheters
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... stethoscope would hear ... aortic & mitral ... #Mitral #Valve ... #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Axis Windows: Aortic ... Valve, Mitral Valve ... short axes in TTE ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #Windows #Echocardiogram
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... Blood Cx grew staph ... PSLA view with subtle ... aortic valve vegetation ... #aorta #Valve #
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Plane, e.g., LAX, SAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... #views #TTE #orientations
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Valve in a plane ... shows all three ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... mercedes #sign #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Pt had mitral valve ... to narrow down all ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
the Aortic Valve ... This view helps ... acuity of right heart ... #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Severe Aortic Valve Calcifications on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

42 yo woman, an extraordinary etiology of severe AS.
Severe Aortic Valve ... Calcifications on Echocardiogram ... NYHA-4 heart failure ... #Valve #aorta # ... #cardiology