Emboli Monitoring: Detection of Peripheral Arterial Emboli using Doppler Ultrasound

This project aims to uncover the relationship between blood clots outside the brain and the occurrence of emboli in the cerebral vasculature as well as their associated risk of stroke. The occurrence of emboli in the cerebral vasculature is thought to correspond with the risk of stroke. Therefore, by performing peripheral arterial Doppler ultrasound scans on patients at risk of stroke as well as standard-of- care cerebral transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound scans in adult cardioembolic stroke patients we hope to determine that the detection of emboli in the peripheral vasculature corresponds to the risk of stroke.