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Perivascular epicardial fat stranding on CCTA marks acute plaque rupture and SCAD.
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May flag acute instability on CTA; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
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Hedgire et al. (2018) studied this question. Perivascular epicardial fat stranding on coronary CT angiography is a marker of acute plaque rupture and spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
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