A predominant left-sided pleural effusion and a pericardial fat stripe are chest radiographic signs that are suggestive, but not diagnostic, of pericardial effusion. Because these signs cannot reliably confirm or exclude the presence of pericardial effusion, we conclude that chest radiography is poorly diagnostic of this condition.
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