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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... -Chamber View (A5C ... -Chamber View (A3C ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #TTE #Echocardiogram
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) - Base Level View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Alberta Sono
Axis (PSAX) - Base ... Anatomy on POCUS ... #Wall #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C ... Anatomy on POCUS ... portion must be anterior ... UAlberta_Sono #A3C ... #Anatomy #POCUS
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

This view is 90 degrees from
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C ... Anatomy on POCUS ... and inferior walls ... UAlberta_Sono #A2C ... #Anatomy #POCUS
Apical 5-Chamber (A5C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

With either slight fanning or probe
Apical 5-Chamber (A5C ... Anatomy on POCUS ... you now see the anterior ... UAlberta_Sono #A5C ... #Anatomy #POCUS
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C ... wall motion abnormalities ... In this case, severely ... Apical #2Chamber #a2c ... #clinical #anatomy
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Echocardiogram ... to narrow down all ... vegetation on the anterior ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
LV Pseudoaneurysm

• False “pseudo” aneurysm: rupture w/ blood contained *outside* wall layers. (case below)

• True aneurysm:
(case below) • ... ; blood inside wall ... #Ventricular #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacMRI ... #PSAX #A4C #Echocardiogram
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Often one of the most challenging
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C ... Anatomy on POCUS ... is antero-lateral ... UAlberta_Sono #A3C ... #Anatomy #POCUS
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... Kussmaul's sign, marked pedal ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... (A) a dilated inferior ... #a4c #pocus #clinical