Cardioembolic Stroke Diagnosis Using Blood Biomarkers

  • Llombart V
  • Garcia-Berrocoso T
  • Bustamante A
  • et al.
20Citations
Citations of this article
76Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

Stroke is one of the main causes of death and disability in the world. Cardioembolic etiology accounts for approximately one fifth of all ischemic strokes whereas 25-30% remains undetermined even after an advanced diagnostic workup. Despite there is not any biomarker currently approved to distinguish cardioembolic stroke among other etiologies in clinical practice the use of biomarkers represents a promising valuable complement to determine stroke etiology reducing the number of cryptogenic strokes and aiding in the prescription of the most appropriated primary and secondary treatments in order to minimize therapeutic risks and to avoid recurrences. In this review we present an update about specific cardioembolic stroke-related biomarkers at a protein, transcriptomic and genetic level. Finally, we also focused on reported biomarkers associated with atrial fibrillation (a cardiac illness strongly related with cardioembolic stroke subtype) thus with a potential to become biomarkers to detect cardioembolic stroke in the future.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Llombart, V., Garcia-Berrocoso, T., Bustamante, A., Fernandez-Cadenas, I., & Montaner, J. (2014). Cardioembolic Stroke Diagnosis Using Blood Biomarkers. Current Cardiology Reviews, 9(4), 340–352. https://doi.org/10.2174/1573403x10666140214122633

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free