1. This disorder involves primary thrombosis of the axillary vein or subclavian vein . 2. Sometimes the subclavian vein passes with the artery behind the Scalenus anterior. 3. These vessels drain into the right and left subclavian veins respectively. 4. Another bullet wound, through Sanders'back, tore his right subclavian vein , the autopsy concluded. 5. The thoracic duct empties the chylomicrons into the bloodstream via the left subclavian vein . 6. The guidewire is threaded through the cannula into the subclavian vein keeping the compression on. 7. The subclavian vein is in front of and at a slightly lower level than the artery. 8. A "'lymph duct "'is a great lymphatic vessel that empties lymph into one of the subclavian veins . 9. It terminates at the lateral margin of the first rib, at which it becomes the subclavian vein . 10. Other sites which have been used include the subclavian vein , carotid artery, femoral vein and inferior vena cava.