In the course of the Corona pandemic, studies1 revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus causes changes in and around the human vasculature that can be diagnosed by standardized examination methods of Transcranial Doppler Sonography (TCD)....

Since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, several studies have uniformly demonstrated that this coronavirus infection can cause endothelial and microvascular damage that can be diagnosed by Transcranial Doppler Sonography....

Since intraoperative strokes are predominantly caused by embolism instead of inefficient hemodynamic circulation, the occurrence of embolic signals may lead to a change of surgical treatment and thereby help to reduce the risk of intraoperative stroke. Emboli detection becomes particularly relevant in vascular surgery, when...