Blood motion in the heart features vortices, the stability of which is vital to the dynamic balance between rotating blood and myocardial tissue and to the development of cardiac dysfunction. In this Perspectives article, Pedrizzetti et al. examine cardiac vortex flow as a sensitive pathogenetic indicator and modulator of left ventricular remodelling towards heart failure, and the role of cardiac vortices for risk stratification of patients following cardiac surgery or device therapy.
- Gianni Pedrizzetti
- Giovanni La Canna
- Giovanni Tonti
