November 23rd, 2010
Greek Study Offers Reassurance About Statin Usage in Patients with Abnormal Liver Tests
Larry Husten, PHD
In the GREACE (Greek Atorvastatin and Coronary Heart Disease Evaluation) study, 1600 patients with coronary heart disease were randomized to atorvastatin or usual care; of these, 437 had moderately abnormal liver tests at baseline, suggesting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In a post-hoc analysis of this subset of patients, published in the Lancet, the GREACE Study […]
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