ting ▁of ▁L DL ▁particles ▁to ▁these ▁sc aven ger ▁re cept ors . ▁Sc aven ger ▁re cept ors ▁typically ▁are ▁found ▁on ▁macro ph ages , ▁with ▁ch ol ester ol - lad en ▁macro ph ages ▁being ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁" fo am ▁cells ". ▁Fo am ▁cells ▁character ize ▁a ther os cler otic ▁les ions . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁this ▁possible ▁mechanism ▁of ▁fo am ▁cell ▁generation , ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁the ▁levels ▁of ▁chem ically ▁modified ▁L DL ▁particles ▁may ▁also ▁lead ▁to ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁end oth el ial ▁damage . ▁This ▁occurs ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁modified - LD L ' s ▁to xic ▁effect ▁on ▁v asc ular ▁end oth el ium ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁its ▁ability ▁both ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁imm une ▁effect or ▁cells ▁and ▁to ▁promote ▁plate let ▁activation . ▁ ▁The ▁IN TER HE ART ▁study ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁A po B 1 0 0 ▁/ ▁A po A 1 ▁ratio ▁is ▁more ▁effective ▁at ▁predict ing ▁heart ▁attack ▁risk , ▁in ▁patients ▁who ▁had ▁had ▁an ▁ac ute ▁my oc ard ial ▁inf ar ction , ▁than ▁either ▁the ▁A po B 1 0 0 ▁or ▁A po A 1 ▁measure ▁alone . ▁In ▁the ▁general ▁population ▁this ▁remains ▁unclear ▁although ▁in ▁a ▁recent ▁study ▁A po B ▁was ▁the ▁strong est ▁risk ▁marker ▁for ▁card i ov asc ular ▁events . ▁A ▁small ▁study ▁suggests ▁that ▁added ▁to ▁fl uv ast atin ▁treatment , ▁om ega ▁ 3