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    J Endovasc Surg. 1996 Nov;3(4):389-95.

    Endovascular management of unusual aneurysms of the axillary and subclavian arteries.

    Sullivan TM, Bacharach JM, Perl J, Gray B.

    Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.

    PURPOSE: Aneurysms of the upper extremity arteries are uncommon and may be difficult to manage with standard surgical techniques. We report the exclusion of three axillary-subclavian aneurysms with covered stents. METHODS AND RESULTS: Palmaz stents were covered with either polytetrafluoroethylene (2 cases) or brachial vein and deployed to exclude pseudoaneurysms in 1 axillary (ruptured) and 2 left subclavian arteries. Two of the patients had advanced cancer and died within 52 days and 3 months of treatment, but their aneurysms were occluded at the time of their death. The repair in the third patient is patent at 9 months. CONCLUSIONS: Endovascular exclusion of axillary and subclavian aneurysms with covered stents may offer a useful alternative to operative repair, particularly in patients with significant comorbidities.

    PMID: 8959496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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