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Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Parasternal Short Axis Windows ... : Aortic Valve ... , Mitral Valve, ... #Echocardiogram ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Cardiac Views and Windows ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
-Chamber (A2C) Window ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... pooling of blood in the ... EF -> visible mural ... thrombus (star)
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
more findings but see ... wall thinning • Features ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... • Stasis and thrombus ... associated with thrombus
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
acceleration time; Ao = aorta ... (or thrombi); RV ... pulmonary ejection ms ... #Echocardiogram ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
Huge mural thrombus ... MI effecting [LAD ... EchoAshwag #Mural ... #Thrombus #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Heart Disease - Mitral ... - with severe MS ... 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
obliteration of the ... with overlying thrombus ... in cardiac MR ( ... muscles leading to mitral ... Fibrosis #EMF #cardiology