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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
(PLAX) • Parasternal ... Short-Axis (PSAX ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... : Aortic Valve ( ... • PSAX: Mitral
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... on POCUS (PLAX ... view) 39 yo M ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Nomenclature Each view ... Subcostal SSN: Suprasternal ... Imaging Plane, e.g., LAX ... , SAX, or4C 3) Region ... (MV), Aortic valve
Unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve. Patient also has repaired coarctation - Long Axis View

- Dr. Lynn Miller
@LynnGreigMiller

#Unicuspid
valve. ... coarctation - Long Axis View ... Unicommissural #Aorta ... #Aortic #Valve ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
Unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve. Patient also has repaired coarctation - Short Axis View

- Dr. Lynn Miller
@LynnGreigMiller

#Unicuspid
unicommissural aortic ... valve. ... coarctation - Short Axis View ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #PSAX
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... aortic valve vegetation ... #aorta #Valve # ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic ... valve vegetation ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac ... #PLAX #AorticValve ... #Aorta #Vegetation
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Stroke Volume & Cardiac ... Obtain PLAX 2. ... systole, 1cm from aortic ... valve apparatus ... Obtain A5c view
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
parasternal long axis view ... proximal ascending aorta ... Clinical #POCUS #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... AorticDissection #Aorta
Bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) occurs in about 1% of the population. This figure – adapted for
Bicuspid aortic ... valves (BAV) occurs ... adapted for the echo PSAX ... view of the AV ... #Types #Raphes