Should I use strain to follow chemo patients?

As we learn more and more about patterns in speckle tracking echocardiography, recognizing distinctive displays in the bullseye becomes more and more important. In this short video, we show you the most important and most striking ones to help you become an expert in the field.

Here we discuss the echocardiographic and ECG findings of the right-heart myocardial infarct, which views to use, and how to find abnormalities.

Learn here some valuable tips for getting a good strain reading of the right ventricle - from finding the right segments to defining the region of interest.

Watch this video to learn the difference in strain patterns between apical and septal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and how this can be important in the context of sudden cardiac death.

It is well known that dilated cardiomyopathy can lead to sudden cardiac death and that recognizing the disease early can save your patient's life. In this example, you will see a normal 2D echo followed by a far from normal speckle tracking pattern - underlining the importance of this technology in preventive healthcare.