1. Evolution of technology and machine basics / Hsuan-Hung Chuang and K. Gunasegaran -- 2. Left ventricle / Takeshi Hozumi and Junichi Yoshikawa -- 3. Coronary artery disease / Takeshi Hozumi and Junichi Yoshikawa -- 4. Right ventricle / Florence Sheehan -- 5. Left atrium / Fabrice Bauer, Erwan Donal and Takahiro Shiota -- 6. Valvular heart disease : mitral valve; mitral regurgitation / Takahiro Shiota -- 7. Valvular heart disease : mitral valve; mitral annulus and valve geometry / Nozomi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Yoshida -- 8. Valvular heart disease : mitral valve; functional mitral regurgitation / Jun Kwan -- 9. Valvular heart disease : mitral valve; mitral stenosis / Takahiro Shiota -- 10. Valvular heart disease : aortic valve / Nozomi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Yoshida -- 11. Valvular heart disease : tricuspid valve / Takeshi Hozumi and Junichi Yoshikawa -- 12. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Marta Sitges, Carles Pare and Takahiro Shiota -- 13. Congenital heart disease / Philippe Acar -- 14. Strain echocardiography / Asbjorn Stoylen -- 15. Cardiac electrophysiology / Tamas Szili-Torok, Luc J. Jordaens and Jos R.T.C. Roelandt.