Troponin and BNP based diagnosis of risk patients and cause of stroke

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for early differentiating whether a subject suffers from cardioembolic stroke or from non-cardioembolicischemic stroke. The method is based on the determination of the amount of a cardiac Troponin in a sample from a subject suffering from ischemic stroke obtained not more than 24 hours after the onset of symp- toms of ischemic stroke. Further envisaged by the present invention are kits and devices adapted to carry out the method of the present invention.