#CoronaryArteryDisease #CAD #HeartAttack If you are interested in licensing this animation or creating a new one, contact us at: nmal.nucleusmedicalmedia.com/contact-form?f=misc MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: The right and left coronary arteries arise from the aorta and supply the heart with blood, nutrients, and oxygen. Coronary artery disease, also known as CAD, is a condition in which one or both coronary arteries can no longer deliver sufficient blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. In the bloodstream, cholesterol, a lipid synthesized in the liver and obtained from the diet, and fatty acid compounds, such as triglycerides, bind to either low-density lipoprotein, called LDL, or high-density lipoprotein, called HDL, and circulate throughout the body. When the endothelial lining of the coronary arteries becomes damaged, LDL-bound cholesterol and triglycerides adhere to the artery wall. The build-up of LDL, also known as bad cholesterol, and triglycerides inside the artery...