Apical four chamber echo view

Probe position

At the apical impulse, low and lateral on the left chest

Acquire the view

Place the probe at the true apical impulse and aim medially toward the base of the heart.

Optimize the image

Avoid foreshortening: center a pointed apex and maximize both ventricles and atria.

Practice in EchoSuite

The interactive lab pairs the probe and mannequin with the corresponding clinical reference cine. Enter Practice to move the probe and follow the view’s acquisition coaching.

Practice Apical four chamber · Browse measurement guides

Source

This is the same acquisition wording used in EchoSuite’s Probe Lab. Mitchell C, Rahko PS, Blauwet LA, et al. Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination in Adults. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019;32(1):1–64.

Primary reference

Keep exploring

• Echocardiography simulator: learn the standard echo views
• Left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: a learning path
• Right-heart echocardiography: views, measurements and calculators
• Mitral valve area calculator: pressure half-time
• Mitral valve area calculator: continuity equation
• Aortic regurgitation calculator: continuity method
• Mitral regurgitation PISA calculator: EROA and regurgitant volume
• Mitral regurgitation calculator: continuity method
• Tricuspid regurgitation calculator: PISA quantification

Choose a learning path · All echo guides