CARDIAC ULTRASOUND

INDICATIONS:

Medical Necessity: To assess for the presence or absence of pericardial effusion. To assess for the presence or absence of cardiac activity.
Structures studied: Heart, pericardium.
Focused Question: Is a pericardial effusion present? Is there cardiac activity?

Parasternal Long Axis (PSTL), Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX), Apical 4 Chamber (AP 4/5), Subxiphoid, and IVC Images

1.) Obtain at a minimum, video clips of the sub-costal and parasternal long axis views of the heart.

Additional views may include parasternal short axis and apical 4 chamber.

2.) Obtain one static representative image.

Pericardial Effusion

Medical necessity: To assess for the presence or absence of pericardial effusion. To assess for the presence or absence of cardiac activity.
Structures studied: Heart, pericardium. 
Focused question(s): Is a pericardial effusion present? Is there cardiac activity?

Guidelines:

1.) Obtain at a minimum, video clips of the sub-costal and parasternal long axis views of the heart.

Additional views may include parasternal short axis and apical 4 chamber.

2.) Obtain one static representative image.

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