A prospective study of hepatic safety of statins used in very elderly patients

Abstract Background Statins play an important role in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease and have a good safety record in clinical practice. Hepatotoxicity is a barrier that limits the ability of primary care physicians to prescribe statins for patients with elevated liver transaminase...

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Main Authors: Meizi Guo, Junli Zhao, Yingjiu Zhai, Panpan Zang, Qing Lv, Dongya Shang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1361-2