TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Thromboembolic Disorders A1 - Cunningham, F. Gary A1 - Leveno, Kenneth J. A1 - Bloom, Steven L. A1 - Dashe, Jodi S. A1 - Hoffman, Barbara L. A1 - Casey, Brian M. A1 - Spong, Catherine Y. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Williams Obstetrics, 25e AB - The patient complains of intense and sudden precordial pain, becomes livid in appearance, and presents symptoms of profound dyspnea and eventually of air hunger. These embolisms, however, are not always fatal, a small proportion of the patients recovering. The treatment is purely palliative.—J. Whitridge Williams (1903) SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/11 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160785968 ER -