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Two different white blood cell types play opposing roles in affecting heartbeat irregularities after heart attack
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Two different white blood cell types play opposing roles in affecting heartbeat irregularities after heart attack

by Michael Morrison, Massachusetts General Hospital Summary of findings. Credit: Nature Cardiovascular Research (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s44161-022-00094-w Patients with heart disease are at risk of experiencing a potentially lethal “electrical storm” involving recurrent episodes of a type of irregular heartbeat called ventricular tachycardia (VT). Electric shock therapy is used to treat VT following a heart attack, but unfortunately,...