Why the study?
Epipericardial fat necrosis has been considered an unusual cause of acute chest pain, but with increased use of CT and imaging it is now believed to be under-diagnosed.
Design
Case report and review of the literature
Follow-up
3 weeks
Authors
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Supports NSAID use in CT-diagnosed epipicardial fat necrosis; hypothesis-generating, with prospective studies needed before practice change.
Epipericardial fat necrosis is an under-diagnosed, benign cause of acute chest pain that can be identified via CT and resolves with NSAID therapy.
Mortensen et al. (2020) studied this question.
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