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Teresa García-Berrocoso1, Israel Fernández-Cadenas, Pilar Delgado
1Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Institut de Recerca Vall d'Hebron and Neurovascular Unit Neurology Department. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Medicine Department. Hospital Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
One promising field in neurovascular diseases investigation is the use of biomarkers to guide stroke etiology diagnosis and classification. Since treatment differs among etiologic subtypes and nowadays many patients receive a diagnosis of undetermined stroke, biomarkers might become an important additional diagnostic tool. In this review we update current knowledge about biomarkers related with cardioembolic stroke etiology (such as BNP and D-dimer proteins, or PITX2 and ZFHX3 genes), that in the future, might allow rapidly guiding other diagnostic tests and accelerating the onset of an optimal secondary prevention.
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