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Echocardiography
Windows & Views
Question | Answer |
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What are the 4 windows in an Echo exam? | left parasternal, apical, subcostal, & suprasternal |
What are the views in the left parasternal window? | parasternal long axis (PLAX), parasternal RVIT, parasternal RVOT, parasternal short axis (PSAX) Aortic valve level, Basal mitral valve level, Mid papillary muscle level, & Apical level |
What are the views in the apical window? | apical 4 chamber, apical 5 chamber, apical 2 chamber, & apical 3 chamber/long axis |
What are the views in the subcostal window? | subcostal long axis (4 chamber), subcostal IVC & hepatic veins, subcostal short axis, & IAS/IVS |
What are the views in the suprasternal window? | suprasternal long axis, suprasternal short axis, & suprasternal short axis with crab view |
If you see liver closest to the transducer in you image, what window is being used? | subcostal |