PSAX (Parasternal Short Axis) Echocardiography Views

PSAX (Parasternal Short Axis)

PSAX (level great vessels) focus on PV

RVOT : Right ventricular outflow tract, PV : Pulmonic valve, RA : Right atrium, Ao : Aorta, PA : Pulmonary artery, RPA : Right pulmonary artery, LPA : Left pulmonary artery, PSAX : Parasternal short axis

PSAX (focus on PV and PA)

Ao : Aorta, PA : Pulmonary artery, PSAX : Parasternal short axis, PV : Pulmonic valve, RVOT : Right ventricular outflow tract

PSAX (level great vessels) focus on AV

AV : Aortic valve, IAS : Intra atrial septum, LA : Left atrium, PSAX : Parasternal short axis, PV : Pulmonic valve, RA : Right atrium, RVOT : Right ventricular outflow tract, TV : Tricuspid valve

PSAX (level of MV)

AMVL : Anterior leaflet mitral valve, IVS : Interventricular septum, LV : Left ventricle, MV : Mitral valve, PMVL : Posterior leaflet mitral valve, PSAX : Parasternal short axis, RV : Right ventricle

PSAX (level of papillary muscles)

ALPap : Anterolateral papillary muscle, LV : Left ventricle, PMPap = Posteromedial papillary muscle, PSAX : Parasternal short axis, RV : Right ventricle

PSAX (level of apex)

LV : Left ventricle, PSAX : Parasternal short axis

PSAX (level great vessels) zoomed AV

AV : Aortic valve, LCC : Left coronary cusp, NCC : Noncoronary cusp, PSAX : Parasternal short axis, RCC : Right coronary cusp

PSAX (level great vessels) focus on TV

PSAX : Parasternal short axis, RA : Right atrium, RV : Right ventricle, TV : Tricuspid valve

PSAX (coronary arteries)

LCA : Left coronary artery, PSAX : Parasternal short axis, RCA : Right coronary artery