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Fig. 1B. —60-year-old woman whose clinical indication for liver biopsy was increasing value of results from liver function tests. Patient had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation 13 years earlier. Venogram obtained after catheter was repositioned into smaller branch (arrows) of middle hepatic vein. Repositioning resulted in better angle between inferior vena cava and middle hepatic vein, allowing stainless steel trocar and sheath (arrowhead) to be safely placed into vein for biopsy procedure.