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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 ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... #Windows #ChamberViews ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Views and Windows ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
*Chronic HFrEF may ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Consider cardiac ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... flow, increasing cardiac ... to congestive heart ... Lactic acidosis may ... - High output heart
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
often used to ‘window ... may not be in line ... the view from short ... is obtaining a SAX ... Motion #Ultrasound #POCUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
dental procedure • Cardiac ... : • New cardiac ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... occlusion that may ... #management #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... to be in ADHF starts ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... disease b) CHF ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
) • Valvular heart ... pregnancy • May ... have typical HF ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Echocardiogram Short-Axis ... View (PSAX) 48 ... PMHx recent CHF, ... What are the next POCUS ... MRI, CT TAP are