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Basic Transthoracic Echocardiography Cardiac Views: PLAX, PSAX, Apical, Subcostal

- Dr. Jonny Wilkinson
@Wilkinsonjonny

#Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Views: PLAX, PSAX ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #Heart #Windows ... #Orientations #Atlas ... #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... Views and Windows ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... #Orientations #Atlas ... #Map #Comparison
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
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... • Call for cardiac ... • Diagnostic features ... recurs. ❿ Plan ... specialist referral. ⓫ Plan
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... occlusion that may ... cultures • 2D Echo TTE ... • TTE nondiagnostic ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
aortic valve. ... There is MVP. ... independent of cardiac ... #Excrescences #psax ... #pocus
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... occlusion that may ... cultures • 2D Echo TTE ... ○ TTE nondiagnostic ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
POCUS steps in ... tests are not POCUS ... MRI, CT TAP are ... all of some value ... #clinical #cardiology