PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Y-F Liu AU - M Bayliss TI - Paradoxical embolism: a rare complication of thrombolysis AID - 10.1136/emj.2007.053934 DP - 2008 Mar 01 TA - Emergency Medicine Journal PG - 180--181 VI - 25 IP - 3 4099 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/3/180.short 4100 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/3/180.full SO - Emerg Med J2008 Mar 01; 25 AB - Paradoxical embolus is a rare complication of thrombolysis. With a high prevalence of clinically silent septal defects and widespread use of thrombolysis, recognition of the risks, clinical signs and symptoms is important. A case is reported of paradoxical embolus following thrombolysis in a woman with a previously undiagnosed patent foramen ovale.