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CARDIAC ECHO)
Indicator
ANATOMY
PROBE MANIPULATION
Sliding
Rocking
Tilting
Rotation
SLIDING
ROCKING
TILTING
ROTATION
ECHO WINDOWS
SS
SS
SC
P
A
SC
SUBCOSTAL VIEW
Indicator: left flank
Transducer
placement
Desired Image
SUBCOSTAL VIEW
IVC VIEW
LA
SA
APICAL 4 CHAMBER
Indication: left shoulder
Transducer
placement
Desired Image
APICAL 2 CHAMBER
EYEBALLING
LEFT VENTRICLE
Diameter
WALL THICKNESS
LEFT ATRIUM
RIGHT VENTRICLE
Crescent shape
Diameter <3 cm (apical 4
chamber view),
<2 cm (parasternal long
axis view)
Size about 2/3 of LV
WALL THICKNESS
SUMMARY
0.5 (RV wall thickness, SLAX)
1 (LV wall thickness, PLAX)
2 (RV diameter, PLAX)
3 (RV diameter, A4CH)
4 (LA diameter, PLAX)
5 (LV diameter, PLAX)
WALL MOTION
Normal
Hyperkinetic
Akinetic
Dyskinetic: may fail to
contract, bulges outward at
systole
Hypokinetic
M-MODE
M-line
TIME
M-MODE
distance
time
30 AND 20
LV SEGMENTATION
Hypokinesia
<18 mm
D SHAPE SIGN
(FLATTENED SEPTUM)
MCCONNELLS SIGN
Akinesia of the mid free wall (base and mid segment)
Normal motion at the apex
COLOR DOPPLER
MITRAL VALVE
AORTIC VALVE
TRICUSPID VALVE
PULMONARY VALVE
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