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Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

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

With either slight fanning or probe
Wall Anatomy on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... aortic valve. ... #clinical #cardiology ... #labeled
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
, SAX, or4C 3) Region ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
A2C) Window on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... anterior and inferior regional ... pooling of blood in the ... EF -> visible mural
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Dysfunction: • Regional ... more findings but see ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... • Stasis and thrombus ... #differential #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
There were classic features ... , (B) a septal mitral ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
acceleration time; Ao = aorta ... pulmonary ejection ms ... #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
- with severe MS ... (5) Layered clot ... seen in LA by the ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
deposition, seen as a 3-layered ... with overlying thrombus ... muscles leading to mitral ... Fibrosis #EMF #cardiology ... #diagnosis