Publications by authors named "Meike Ramuschkat"

Background: Pathways of oxidative stress, nitric oxide bioavailability and L-arginine derivatives are hypothesized to be related to atrial fibrillation (AF). Circulating methylated L-arginine metabolites can be assessed in the general population and may show an association with AF.

Methods: We determined L-arginine and its metabolites asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), L-N(ω)-monomethylarginine (NMMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) in the population-based Gutenberg Health Study (n=5000), mean age 55 ± 11 years, 51% men, in association with clinical variables of AF such as electrocardiographic and echocardiographic measures and manifest AF.

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Objective: The world wide web provides new options to physicians in terms practice marketing, information brokerage, and process optimization. This study explores prevalence and content of homepages of neurologists, psychiatrists and medical psychotherapists in private practice.

Methods: Through the legal bodies of physicians in private practice in six northern German states neurologists, psychiatrists and medical psychotherapists were identified.

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