TNNT2 and diabetes mellitus: The principal findings in this study among patients admitted with acute ischemic stroke are: i) hs-cTnT was higher than the URL in 53.4% of the patients; ii) 6.6% of the patients met the criteria of acute MI; iii) patients with elevated hs-cTnT more frequently had ST segment depression and T-wave inversion on ECG, and iv) higher age, history of CHD and congestive heart failure, presence of diabetes mellitus and renal dysfunction were variables significantly associated with hs-cTnT elevation.