Elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) levels should be expected in about half of all patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Since those patients are at risk of increased morbidity and mortality, often attributable to cardiac causes, an adequate work-up of the underlying etiology is required. This can only be achieved by a team of cardiologists and neurologists. Since underlying causes of hs-cTn elevation in AIS patients are diverse, often atypical or silent in their …