Table 2: Structures viewed in the cardiac short-axis sweep [5].

• Pulmonary venous return
• Inferior vena cava and hepatic veins
• Ventricular short-axis dimensions
• Ventricular-arterial relationship
• Right ventricular outflow tract
• Branch pulmonary arteries and origin
• Caval connections
• Innominate vein
• Ductus arteriosus
• Determination of arch sidedness and branching