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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Parasternal Short-Axis (PSAX ... Long Axis • PSAX ... (SSN) View • PSAX ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., LAX, SAX, or4C ... ., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
(PLAX view) ... Non-ischemic EKG ... hemopericardium and tamponade ... Dissection #Aortic #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
Complex mitral valve endocarditis with pericardial effusion, myocardial abscess, and reduced LV systolic function - Echocardiogram
Complex mitral valve ... endocarditis with pericardial ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... #plax #Echocardiogram ... #pocus
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
look for Aortic Valve ... leaflets coining the ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #PSAX
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
EKG: afib, twi I ... rwp with 1-2mm ste ... hemopericardium and tamponade ... Aortic #Dissection #Aorta ... Clinical #Ultrasound #PLAX
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX ... the Aortic Valve ... This view helps assess ... #Short #Axis #PSAX ... #POCUS #labeled
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX view
Patient presented with chest pain.
TEE sens (97-99%), TTE sens
Echocardiogram - PSAX ... of associated pericardial ... effusion/tamponade ... Echocardiogram #PSAX ... #clinical #cardiology
Tamponade is paradoxical RV collapse during diastole. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if that’s happening by
Tamponade is paradoxical ... cycle (in lieu of ECG ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis of the heart showing a dilated AOFT >4cm
Dissection on POCUS ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... aorta and a pericardial ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... #clinical #cardiology