# Introduction to the Parasternal Window

## Metadata
- Content type: Blog
- Canonical URL: https://123sonography.com/blog/echo-demos/introduction-parasternal-window
- Published: January 21, 2010
- Last updated: September 11, 2018

## Overview
You will learn how to hold the transducer, how to position, where to put the transducer and how to manipulate it in order to find the optimal position.

## Snapshot
- Category: Echo Demos

## Content
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In this post, Tommy explains how to find the parasternal window. You will learn how to hold the transducer, how to position the patient, where to put the transducer and how to manipulate it in order to find the optimal position. As you will see, it is important to start at a cranial position close to the sternum and to move caudally from there. This post is probably most interesting for people with little experience in echocardiography. Enjoy!

Recommended articles:
[Introduction to the Apical Window](https://www.123sonography.com/blog/introduction-apical-window)
[Introduction to the Subcostal Window](https://www.123sonography.com/blog/introduction-subcostal-view)
[Quantification of the dP/dt](https://www.123sonography.com/blog/quantification-dpdt)