Tag: Matthias Nahrendorf

  • Nation & World

    Heart attack worsens atherosclerosis

    Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital have found that the body’s immune response to heart attacks actually worsens atherosclerosis, increasing future heart attack risk, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Detecting heart-valve infection

    A novel imaging probe developed by a Harvard-led team of investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital may make it possible to diagnose accurately a dangerous infection of the heart valves.

    4 minutes