Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Buttner P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7452421 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Büttner Petra P Okun Jürgen G JG Hauke Jana J Holzwirth Erik E Obradovic Danilo D Hindricks Gerhard G Thiele Holger H Kornej Jelena J
International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature 20200611
The human gut microbiome and its metabolite Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) are sensitive to the human diet and are involved in the complex pathomechanisms that underpin diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. A potential involvement of increased TMAO in atrial fibrillation (AF) manifestation and progression is not clear. We measured TMAO in peripheral blood of 45 AF patients and 20 non-AF individuals (matched for age, sex, BMI, prevalence of hypertension and diabetes). TMAO levels in AF ( ...[more]