Abbreviations: TICS = telephone interview for cognitive status, NIHSS = National institutes of health stroke Scale, IQR = interquartile range, MoCA = Montreal cognitive Assessment, hs-cTnT = high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T, URL = upper reference limit, MACE = major adverse cardiovascular events (i.e. death, recurrent stroke, recurrent myocardial infarction), mRS = modified Rankin Scale. The gene discussed is TNNT2; the disease is stroke disorder.