Question 486 · LEK · Cardiovascular risk and prevention of cardiovascular diseases
Treatment based on the use of a statin drug is contraindicated in:
- A. chronic hepatitis B.
- B. acute coronary syndrome.
- C. chronic kidney disease in patients receiving conservative treatment.
- D. fatty liver.
- E. decompensated liver cirrhosis.
Hint
Statins are safe in most chronic liver conditions; consider the state in which hepatic function is so impaired that the drug may accumulate dangerously.
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