This Harvard Medical School Continuing Education video examines these key questions: How do you obtain 4-chamber cardiac ultrasound views of the apical and subcostal chambers as well as the vena cava view, and what does normal anatomy look like? How do you use these views in patient care settings?

Dr. Aidan Sharkey, MD, an anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston, reviews patient positioning, probe placement, and depth settings to obtain high-quality cardiac ultrasounds for 4-chamber apical, 4-chamber subcostal and subcostal inferior vena cava views. Ultrasound examples are provided, and proper probe positioning is demonstrated. Standard and advanced uses for each of these cardiac views in patient care are identified.

This video was peer reviewed by Dr. Jonathan Salik, TMD, MHPEd, Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Dr. Sugantha Sundar, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, to validate the quality and accuracy of the content. It was edited by affiliate physicians of Harvard Medical School, Avanthi Raghavan, MD Cardiology Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital and Anna Handorf, MD, Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital. 

00:00 | Introduction
00:47 | Apical 4-chamber ultrasound techniques
02:47 | Subcostal 4-chamber ultrasound techniques
04:40 | Subcostal inferior vena cava ultrasound techniques
06:47 | Summary

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Images and scans courtesy of Dr. Aidan Sharkey, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. ©2022

Notice: At this time, the content in this video is not accredited.

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