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[[Image:echo_heart_parasternal_long_axis.jpg|thumb|Image showing the left parasternal long axis transection (PSLAX) of the heart by the ultrasound waves]] | [[Image:echo_heart_parasternal_long_axis.jpg|thumb|Image showing the left parasternal long axis transection (PSLAX) of the heart by the ultrasound waves]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:04, 21 September 2007
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| Author | I.A.C. van der Bilt | |
| Moderator | I.A.C. van der Bilt | |
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| some notes about authorship | ||
The left parasternal imaging planes are found by placing the transducer in the third or fourth intercostal space on the left of the sternum.
The left parasternal long axis is usually the first view of the echocardiographic examination.
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