constrictive pericarditis in a sentence

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1. 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 ).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.