Systems and methods for detecting strokes

A system for detecting a type of stroke, comprising:

• a heart-monitoring device configured to acquire heart data regarding a heart rhythm of a patient,
• wherein the heart-monitoring device acquires heart data using micro impulse radar, and
• wherein the heart-monitoring device comprises a physiological sensor configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of the patient,
• wherein monitoring the physiological characteristic includes acquiring physiological data;
• and
• a processing circuit configured to:
• receive the heart data and determine an occurrence of atrial fibrillation based on the heart data;
• receive the physiological data and determine an occurrence of a stroke based on the physiological data,
• determine that the stroke was an embolic stroke based on whether the atrial fibrillation and the stroke occurred within a predetermined time period;
• and
• control operation of a computing device to provide an output based on the determination that the stroke was an embolic stroke, the output comprising at least one of a sound, a visual indicator, and information regarding the stroke experienced by the patient transmitted to a device.