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Fig. 2 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Fig. 2

From: Medical student medium-term skill retention following cardiac point-of-care ultrasound training based on the American Society of Echocardiography curriculum framework

Fig. 2

Excellent quality reference (A) and examples of acceptable (B) and poor quality (C) images of 5 cardiac POCUS views. Excellent quality reference images (A) refer to 5 cardiac POCUS views obtained by the cardiologist (MI) on the healthy volunteer (SJ) used for all skill tests. Examples of acceptable (B) and poor quality (C) images refer to the 5 views obtained by medical students on the healthy volunteer. Adapted from Jujo et al. [20]. A4C, apical 4-chamber view; PLAX, parasternal long-axis view; POCUS, point-of-care ultrasound; PSAX, papillary muscle level of parasternal short-axis view; SIVC, subcostal inferior vena cava view; S4C, subcostal 4-chamber view

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

ISSN: 1476-7120

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