- Patients with uncontrolled hypertension, clinically significant heart disease as evidenced by myocardial infarction, or arterial thrombotic events in the past 6 months, severe or unstable angina, heart failure Class III or IV of the New York Heart Association or cardiac ejection fraction <50%, active or symptomatic viral hepatitis, chronic liver failure, clinically significant adrenal or pituitary dysfunction. (Patients with hypertension controlled with drugs are allowed)