title: Blood biomarkers in cardioembolic stroke.
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.
authors.affiliation: Neurovascular 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.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: García-Berrocoso
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernández-Cadenas
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosell
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montaner