Cross-sectional imaging with computed tomography ( CT ) can help to localize and quantify ( as in a loculated effusion ) or assess for pericardial pathology ( pericardial thickening, constrictive pericarditis ).
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Robert died of pneumonia on April 28, 1943, after hospitalization for constrictive pericarditis and Libman-Sacks endocarditis, at the age of 46, just prior to his son Robin Olds'graduation from West Point.
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With cardiac tamponade, jugular veins are distended and typically show a prominent x descent and an absent y descent as opposed to patients with constrictive pericarditis ( prominent x and y descent ), see Beck's triad.
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It is important in establishing a number of cardiac conditions-e . g . pericardial tamponade ( where E / A ratios across the tricuspid valve are often more important ), restrictive cardiomyopathy vs constrictive pericarditis, etc.
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Unfortunately, Robert died of pneumonia on April 28, 1943, after hospitalization for constrictive pericarditis and Libman-Sacks endocarditis, at the age of 46, just prior to his son Robin Olds'graduation from West Point.
