Neutrophils promote irregularities while macrophages protect against them. 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, options to prevent its recurrence are limited.
New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals that two different white blood cell types influence VT in the heart, suggesting that treatments that influence these cells may help reduce patients’ risk of sudden cardiac death.
The work, which is pu...
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