| epicardial | 1. Relating to the epicardia. 2. Relating to the epicardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| epicardial fat sign | <radiology> Two lucent lines on lateral CXR anterior to heart, subepicardial fat around LAD, anterior mediastinal fat, lines seen in 40% of all lateral CXRs, if separation greater than 2 mm most likely to be consider pericardial effusion or thickening (12 Dec 1998) |