Role of Cardiac Biomarkers in Stroke and Cognitive Impairment.

ABSTRACT: This topical review assesses the growing role of cardiac biomarkers beyond cardiovascular health and focuses on their importance in stroke and dementia. The first part describes blood-based cardiac biomarkers in patients with stroke and highlights applications in the setting of early diagnosis, poststroke complications, outcome prediction as well as secondary prevention. Among other applications, natriuretic peptides can be helpful in differentiating stroke subtypes. They are also currently being investigated to guide prolonged ECG monitoring and secondary prevention in patients with stroke. Elevated cardiac troponin after ischemic stroke can provide information about various poststroke complications recently termed the stroke-heart syndrome. The second part focuses on the role of cardiac

SUBMITTER: Johansen MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11347090 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature