PET/MR in Post Stroke Cardiac Inflammation Study

Patients will undergo cardiac PET/MRI scanning at 30±5 days and at 90±5 days post-stroke.

Measurement of a panel of 92 systemic inflammatory markers on patients' blood samples at 30±5 days and at 90±5 days post-stroke

NT-proBNP is useful both in the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure and is considered to be a gold standard biomarker in heart failure. Measurement of NT-proBNP on patients' blood samples at 30±5 days and at 90±5 days post-stroke