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Case 1231Echo anatomy POCUS: parasternal long axis

POCUSCardiacFoundationsCine loop~3 minNC

Clinical history

In this view we see the muscular left ventricle and the smaller left atrium separated by the mitral valve near the bottom of the screen. The aortic outflow tract (valve and root) comes off the left ventricle superficial to the left atrium.

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