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Course on deformation imaging

09:00 - 10:30 S train & strain rate - Things you always wanted to know
Chairpersons: T. Edvardsen (Oslo, NO); O.A. Breithardt (Erlangen, DE)

09:00 How to describe function? From fibre function to deformation rate. 6
F.E. Rademakers (Leuven - BE)

09:22 How to measure deformation? Comparing Doppler and 2D strain. 7
J.U. Voigt (Leuven - BE)

09:44 How to interpret findings? Normal and pathologic patterns. 8
L. Herbots (Hasselt - BE)

10:07 Does it really work? Case live from the workstation. 9
L. Herbots (Hasselt - BE)

10:21 Does it really work? Cases live from the workstation. 10
J.U. Voigt (Leuven - BE)

11:00 - 12:30 S train & strain rate in everyday practice...
Chairpersons: R.O. Jurcut (Bucharest, RO); A.G. Fraser (Cardiff, GB)

11:00 Hypokinesia and postsystolic shortening - The art to diagnose ischaemic substrates. 37
R . Hoffmann (Aachen - DE)

11:22 Load and function - Valve lesions and the peculiarities of the RV. 38
A. La Gerche (Schaerbeek - BE)

11:44 Flash and rocking - Added value in DCM and CRT . 39
J.U. Voigt (Leuven - BE)

12:07 Theory and reality - Three cases live from the workstation. 40
R . Hoffmann (Aachen - DE), A. La Gerche (Schaerbeek - BE), J.U. Voigt (Leuven - BE

14:00 - 15:30 S train & strain rate under development
Chairpersons: N. Cardim (Lisbon, PT); L.A. Brodin (Huddinge, SE)

14:00 Twist and torsion - A flash in the pan? 77
J.D. Thomas (Cleveland - US)

14:22 Flow tracking - Patterns inside the heart. 78
R . Faludi (Pecs - HU)

14:44 3D deformation - Added clinical value? 79
J. D’hooge (Leuven - BE)

15:07 Wall stress - The next challenge. 80
F.E. Rademakers (Leuven - BE)