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Chest radiographs for axillary line position.
On the left, a chest X-ray demonstrating central line inserted in the right axillary vein with its tip at the superior vena cava-right atrial junction. On the right, a chest X-ray demonstrates the line accidentally inserted in the left axillary artery with its tip in the ascending thoracic aorta.
