Why the study?
Is the epicardial fat pad sign on chest radiographs a reliable finding for diagnosing pericardial effusion?
Population
100 patients with pericardial effusion, including those with small effusions
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support radiographic detection of pericardial effusion; leaves open diagnostic reliability without prospective validation.
Is the epicardial fat pad sign on chest radiographs a reliable finding for diagnosing pericardial effusion?
The epicardial fat pad sign is a reliable plain-radiograph finding for diagnosing pericardial effusion, present in over half of cases.
Carsky et al. (1980) studied this question.
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