The objective of this study was to investigate the risk of acute internal jugular, subclavian, and axillary deep venous thrombosis (upper torso DVT [UTDVT]) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and the ...

The presence of upper extremity or subclavian thrombosis is another contraindication ... for successful fistula development. The internal jugular vein, particularly the right jugular vein, is ...

The external and internal jugular veins are joined by the subclavian vein, which enters the right atrium of the heart as the cranial vena cava (Fig. 1). Figure 1: Dissection of the cranial thorax ...