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A57-year-old man comes to see you for follow-up 4 weeks after being discharged from hospital for unstable angina. His coronary angiogram showed moderate nonstenotic disease in two vessels. The cardiologist asks you to follow up on his fasting lipid profile since it was not checked in the hospital. His T-chol is 240 mg/dL, LDL 120 mg/dL, HDL 50 mg/dL, and triglycerides 130 mg/dL.For the above patient with dyslipidemia, select the most appropriate treatment.

Afibric acid derivatives (clofibrate, gemfibrozil)
Bnicotinic acid
Cbile acid-binding resins (cholestyramine, colestipol)
Dhepatic hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-Co) reductase inhibitors (lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin)
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