"People with the highest levels of this cholesterol had the most heart attacks, the study found. One certain genetic variation accounted for about a quarter of the cases of high lipoprotein (a). "Liprotein (a) has been around for a long time as a risk factor but people hadn't taken it too seriously because they didn't think it caused heart attacks," Nordestgaard said. "Now we show that, like LDL, it is causing heart attacks."
One problem is that people have little control over the cholesterol, whose levels can vary up to a thousand-fold among individuals, Nordestgaard added.
Niacin, a vitamin often prescribed generically to lower cholesterol, also lowers lipoprotein (a) levels. It can cause uncomfortable flushing, however. Aspirin can also lower lipoprotein (a) levels. "
Back in the early 90's, didn't Pauling and Rath get a patent for the combination of Lysine, Proline, Vit C and green tea for the treatment of CVD? I think the Lysine and Proline were shown to "strip" the lipoprotein (a) off the arterial walls and the C repaired lesions (to which the lipoprotein (a) "stuck to").
Mike
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