What is the value of longitudinal strain in oncology patients?

Using speckle tracking to assess dyssynchrony is not easy to learn but once you do, you have a powerful tool to make decisions for your patients. In this video, Ole Breithardt, MD and Prof. Thomas Binder, MD will show you what to look for.

Athletes often have an abnormal echo when we apply regular standards - is this also true for speckle tracking? Learn here how strain is different in professional sportsmen.

In this clip, you will learn how myocarditis can affect the right heart, and how quickly this can develop into a very bad situation.

In this video, we present a case of a 38-year-old woman who received chemo and radiation therapy 25 years ago. You will learn the long-term consequences of this therapy such as extensive calcification in the heart, and what to look at with echocardiography.

Spotting heart failure and initiating cardio-protection early can save your chemo patient's life because it allows them to continue with their cancer treatment. In this video, you will see the case of a woman with breast cancer where exactly this was done, with a good outcome.