Figure 8
From: Intraventricular Vortex Interaction between Transmitral Flow and Paravalvular Leak
Schematics of LV vortex interaction. (A) Anterior PVL; the PVL jet flowed into the LV alongside the anterior wall and traveled toward the apex, and formed a large counterclockwise vortex at the apex. The PVL jet’s vortex collided with the transmitral flow. (B) Posterior PVL; the leak jet flow into LV traveled toward the posterior wall, and formed a large clockwise vortex sheet. The transmitral flow collided with the large vortex sheet formed by the PVL. After the collision, large flow disturbance was observed around the mitral valve in LV.
