Analysis of intracardiac flows has gained increasing interest in the last years. This analysis has become possible due to the development of technologies for noninvasive cardiovascular imaging, which allow visualization and quantitation of intracardiac flow dynamics. Several studies have shown that abnormalities in cardiac function are related to changes in intracardiac vortical flows. Thus, analysis of cardiac vortex has been used for better understanding of the pathophysiology in many heart diseases and to test initial clinical hypotheses. The aims of this review are to introduce the reader to the topic of intracardiac flow dynamics, to briefly describe current cardiac imaging techniques for analysis of the intracardiac vortex, and to indicate potential clinical applications of a vortex-based approach to the study of cardiac function.

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心内血流分析：技术和潜在的临床应用。

近年来，对心内血流的分析越来越引起人们的关注。由于无创心血管成像技术的发展，这种分析已成为可能，该技术允许可视化和定量心脏内血流动力学。多项研究表明，心功能异常与心内涡流的变化有关。因此，对心脏涡旋的分析已被用于更好地了解许多心脏病的病理生理学，并用于检验最初的临床假设。这篇综述的目的是向读者介绍心脏内血流动力学的话题，以简要介绍当前用于心脏内漩涡分析的心脏成像技术，并指出基于漩涡的心脏功能研究的潜在临床应用。