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Starting with a view of the liver and IVC, this video fans superiorly until the 4 chamber view of the heart can be seen. The liver is still visible at the top of the screen with the bright hyperechoic pericardium defining the border between the liver and the right ventricle. The left ventricle is deep to the right ventricle, and the left and right atria can be seen to the left side of the screen. At several points the aortic valve can be seen allowing blood to exit the left ventricle. This video shows a normally functioning heart with no pericardial effusion.