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Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Aortic Valve ... • Apical 4 Chamber ... (A4C) • Apical ... 2 Chamber (A2C) ... Windows #Anatomy #labeled
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Aorta Long Axis ... • PSAX: Aortic ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Apical 3-Chamber ... The apical 3 ... the aortic valve ... The opposing wall ... #labeled
Apical 5-Chamber (A5C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

With either slight fanning or probe
Apical 5-Chamber ... Wall Anatomy on ... aortic valve. ... #clinical #cardiology ... #labeled
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

This view is 90 degrees from
Apical 2-Chamber ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... apical 4-chamber ... #clinical #cardiology ... #labeled
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
Apical 2-Chamber ... inferior regional wall ... pooling of blood in the ... EF -> visible mural ... #2Chamber #a2c
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Parasternal A: Apical ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... AV) level, Two-chamber
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Often one of the most challenging
Apical 3-Chamber ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... apical 4-chamber ... #clinical #cardiology ... #labeled
Apical Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram

LV apical wall motion abnormality on this 4-chamber view.
Differential should
Apical Wall Motion ... LV apical wall ... ended up being the ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
- with severe MS ... chambers dilated ... (5) Layered clot ... seen in LA by the ... #a4c #thrombus