Cardiac ultrasound views

Cardiac ultrasound is useful to visualize many different heart structures, as well as to assess their size and several other parameters that allow to determine whether they are normal or not. Click on the links below to learn more about the information that can be provided by each view or projection.

• Parasternal long axis view
• Parasternal short axis view
• Parasternal short axis view in the papillary plane
• Apical 2-chamber view
• Apical 3-chamber view
• Apical 4-chamber view
• Apical 5-chamber view
• Subcostal view
• Vena cava view
• Echocardiography reference values