Echocardiography

Subcostal Window
P
lace the probe in the following position

The structures closest to the transducer appear near the top of the screen so heart is viewed as:

This appears in the monitor as:

See Video of Hemopericardium
Large Hemopericardium

Left Parasternal Window

Left parasternal Short Axis

Placing the transducer here:

Views the Heart like:

And reveals an echocardiographic picture like:

Left Parasternal Long Axis

start with the transducer in the left parasternal short axis position and rotate it on it's long axis to see the hear like:

Reveals an image such as:

Apical Window

To see the heart like:

yielding an echocardiographic picture like: