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. 2024 May 2;76:53. doi: 10.1186/s43044-024-00486-2

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

MRI images depicting left atrial vortex flow throughout a single cardiac cycle in a healthy individual are presented. A Pulmonary venous blood enters the left atrium in the early phase of ventricular systole, B Left atrial vortex flow (white arrow) transpires in the late phase of ventricular systole, C Blood flows into the left ventricle during the early phase of ventricular diastole