Table 5.
Complications of transjugular liver biopsy
| New device (n = 18) | Quick-core biopsy needle (n = 12 ) | |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | ||
| (Supraventricular tachycardia) | 1 | 2 |
| Transient fever | 0 | 1 |
| Transient abdominal pain | 1 | 3 |
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