| pubmed-article:6622685 | pubmed:abstractText | Four patients with primary subclavian-axillary vein thrombosis are described. Each patient received local thrombolytic therapy, resulting in reestablishment of antegrade flow via the axillary and subclavian veins. An intrinsic venous abnormality (perimural fibrosis and/or intimal dissection) identified at the first rib-clavicle junction (subclavian-axillary vein junction) was thought to be responsible for the thrombosis. One of the four patients subsequently underwent a surgical venous bypass of the abnormal segment, and a second underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. | lld:pubmed |
