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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 ... Wilkinsonjonny #Anatomy #POCUS ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram # ... Heart #Windows #
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 ... Echocardiogram #
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... ” EI > 1 - POCUS ... #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pocus
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
POCUS Reference ... Measurements • ... DVT • IVC • Aorta ... • Cardiac ... #Ultrasound #Echocardiogram
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
#AorticValve #Aorta ... #mercedes #sign ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #cardiology #PSAX
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
(PLAX view) ... Dissection #Aortic #Aorta ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
PLAX. Dilated Aortic root - Cara Mercer @cara_mercer
#Clinical #POCUS #Cardiac #Echocardiogram #PLAX #Dilated #AorticRoot #Dilatation #Aorta
PLAX. ... cara_mercer #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Dilated ... AorticRoot #Dilatation #Aorta
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
D-Sign in a lady ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #DSign #MassivePE
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... window during systole ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #a4c #plax #pocus ... #airgap #sign
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
Echocardiogram ... Aortic #Dissection #Aorta ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #Ultrasound ... #PLAX