The gut microbial-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide: A missing link between lifestyle-components and atrial fibrillation?

• Monika Gawałko,
• Thomas Jespersen,
• Dobromir Dobrev,
• Dominik Linz

Affiliations

Monika Gawałko

1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Thomas Jespersen

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dobromir Dobrev

Institute of Pharmacology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Dominik Linz

Corresponding author at: Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht Heart+Vascular Center, 6202 AZ Maastricht, the Netherlands.; Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands