Potential Biological Markers of Atrial Fibrillation: A Chance to Prevent Cryptogenic Stroke

Table 1

Markers of inflammation.

Biomarker	Trials	Patients	Results	Potential DX efficiency in cryptogenic stroke
Pentraxin-3	1 prospective trial	382	Weak predictor of the recurrence of AF	+−
NLC	2 retrospective trials	126/32912	Useful in predicting stroke in patients with known AF	+

+−: questionable; +: potentially useful.