1. Basic principles of stress echocardiography : why, when and how? / Eugenio Picano -- 2. Stress and stressors : applied pathophysiology / Eugenio Picano -- 3. Environment, facilities, staff, accreditation / Bogdan A. Popescu -- 4. Stress echocardiography examination : imaging, reading, and quantification / Rosa Sicari -- 5. Stress echocardiography : protocols / Alja Vlahovic-Stipac, Biljana Putnikovic, and Aleksandar N. Neskovic -- 6. Detection of myocardial ischemia / Manish Bansal and Thomas H. Marwick -- 7. Detection of myocardial viability / Paolo Colonna -- 8. Contrast in stress echocardiography / Navtej S. Chahal and Roxy Senior -- 9. Stress testing in valvular heart disease / Leonardo Rodriguez -- 10. Stress-echocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy / Aleksandar N. Neskovic -- 11. Risk stratification in noncardiac surgery / Anai E. Durazzo, Sanne E. Hoeks, and Don Poldermans -- 12. Stress echocardiography versus radionuclide imaging / Georges Athanassopoulos -- 13. Training in stress echocardiography / Frank A. Flachskampf -- 14. Landmark articles with short comments / Frank A. Flachskampf.