After valve deployment, the artery was sealed using a ProGlide closure device. Until now, the subclavian artery route for ...

The brachial artery was the site of embolus in 52 patients (85%). In six patients, the embolus had become wedged in the axillary artery, and in three patients, the subclavian artery was occluded.

A, An arteriogram showing a pseudoaneurysm of the proximal right axillary artery. B, After placement of an 8 mm in diameter, 4 cm–long endograft, the pseudoaneurysm has been excluded.

The axillary artery is more fragile than the femoral artery and potentially more prone to complications such as bleeding, pseudoaneurysm, dissection, upper-extremity ischemia, thrombosis ...

Up to 40% of patients with GCA exhibit vasculitis of the axillary or subclavian arteries, as depicted by ultrasonography or positron emission tomography. 36 A 100% correlation was described ...

In these situations, axillary artery access can be a more feasible and beneficial alternative. Due to its benefits, usage of the transaxillary approach is progressively increasing.

In this prospective, randomized, noninferiority trial, we investigated the omission of axillary surgery as compared with sentinel-lymph-node biopsy in patients with clinically node-negative ...