title: Endovascular management of unusual aneurysms of the axillary and subclavian arteries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bacharach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001366:Axillary Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene