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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 ... #Atlas #Map #Comparison
Postoperative Hemorrhagic Pericardial effusion with Left Ventricular Compression and Tamponade

- Reza Karimianpour, D.O. https://twitter.com/officialdrk12

#Postoperative #Pericardial #Effusion
Compression and Tamponade ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #Cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., LAX, SAX, or4C ... ., Mitral valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Measurement on POCUS ... Obtain PLAX 2. ... 1cm from aortic valve ... Obtain A5c view ... #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 ... #Tamponade #PLAX ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
Cardiac Tamponade ... in Slow Motion (PLAX ... when the mitral valve ... book this is a tap ... echocardiogram #PLAX
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
- PLAX Pt sent ... K 5.9 without EKG ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... of cardiac image ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #a4c ... #plax #pocus #airgap
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
Tamponade on POCUS ... This 50 yo man ... No pericardial effusion ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... echocardiogram #plax
Fibrinous pericardial effusion with tamponade on POCUS

80F w AFib w pacemaker on warfarin presents with n/v
on POCUS 80F w ... hypotensive w MAP ... #POCUS #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #PSAX ... #Cardiology