7th East Bohemia Stress Echocardiography On-Line Course 1.-2.10.2026
(CEST - Central European Summer Time)
Day 1
8:50-9:00 Welcome
9:00-10:15 Stress and contrast echocardiography in the guidelines
- Stress echo in the guidelines across the world A Kardos, UK
- Guidelines and experience driven transpulmonary contrast echocardiography A Borg, Malta
- Q&A
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Stress echo based on regional wall motion assessment
- Stress echo for wall motion K Medilek, Czechia
- How to approach and report ischaemic stress echo studies for wall motion in a clinical practice R Khattar, UK
- Q&A
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-13.00 Case reports 1
13:00-14:00 Break (enjoy your lunch)
14:00-15:00 Wall motion in stress echo is not enough 1 – MCE
- Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) A to Z R Senior, UK
- Q&A
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:30 Stress echocardiography in valvular heart disease
- Stress echo in mitral valve disease B Shah, UK
- Stress echo in aortic valve disease A Vamvakidou, UK
- Q&A
16:30-16:45 Break
16:45-18:00 Case reports 2
18:00 End of the Day 1
Day 2
8:30-9:00 A year in stress echocardiography
- Important papers S Robinson, UK
9:00-10:15 Stress echo in less common, yet useful indications
- Stress echo for viability M Almajali, UK
- Stress echo in LV diastolic function S Robinson, UK
- Stress echo in congenital heart disease W Li, UK
- Q&A
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Wall motion in stress echo is not enough 2 – CFR
- Coronary flow reserve (CFR) and ABCDE stress echo: how I do it and how I use it Q Ciampi, Italy
- From coronary stenosis to patient´s vulnerability - why regional wall motion is not enough E Picano, Italy
- Q&A
12:00-12:15 Break
12:15-13:15 Case reports 3
13:15-14:00 Break (enjoy your lunch)
14:00-15:15 Stress echo in ANOCA/INOCA
- Role of myocardial contrast echocardiography R Senior, UK
- Role of coronary flow reserve Q Ciampi, Italy
- Unveiling small vessel disease endotypes in the stress echo lab A Djordjevic-Dikic, Serbia
- Q&A
15:15-15:30 Break
15:30-16:45 Stress echo in structural heart disease and beyond
- Stress echo in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy C Ayoub, USA
- Stress echo in dilated cardiomyopathy S Bhattacharrya, UK
- Stress echo for the right heart G Kane, USA
- Q&A
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-18:00 Case reports 4
18:00 End of the day 2, closing remarks, evaluation