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Title: What's the Diagnosis? The ECHO Edition

Category: Visual Diagnosis

Posted: 8/19/2013 by Haney Mallemat, MD

Question

Which echocardiographic view of the heart is this and can you name all 6 segments of the left ventricle? (Hint: A = Anteroseptal wall)

Answer

Parasternal short-axis view at the level of the papillary muscles

  • A = Anteroseptal wall
  • B = Anterior wall
  • C = Anterolateral wall
  • D = Inferolateral wall
  • E = Inferior wall
  • F = Inferoseptal wall


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