Atherosclerosis

Visit http://www.healthanimations.com/heart for FREE videos, illustrations and patient handouts for healthcare providers. This 3d medical animation illustrates the story of how the buildup of cholesterol plaque causes a heart attack (myocardial infarction) from a blocked coronary artery due to atherosclerosis, which is chronic inflammation of the blood vessels. Beginning with damage to the endothelial arterial wall, the animation shows how a white blood cell entering the wall of the artery differentiates (changes) into a macrophage, grabbing and digesting cholesterol.

As the cell does its job, it transforms into a foam cell, which, unfortunately, becomes part of the plaque within the blood vessel wall. Ultimately, over a period of years, the plaque grows and ruptures the blood vessel wall, spilling into the blood stream and eventually blocking the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) supplying the left ventricle.

The animation ends showing an external view of the heart with dark area representing the death of the ventricle wall. For information on Atherosclerosis, visit http://www.nucleusinc.com/atherosclerosisinfo

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Film & Animation

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• nucleus
• medical
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• animation
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• blocked
• artery
• beating
• occlusions
• cardiology
• coronary
• disease
• endothelial
• cell
• plaque
• clogged
• arteries
• atherosclerosis
• arteriosclerosis
• cholesterol
• heart
• attack
• blood
• surgery
• heart attack

[Juancito413]

Take care of yourselves folks! If you suffer from high blood pressure, see a doctor. I just got done reading my dads death certificate and the cause of death read, Atherosclerotic Heart Disease! This video explains in plain detail why my father died and he was only 52! You only get one chance so.....

[nucleusanimation]

@Juancito413

I am very sorry for your loss. Thank you for your comment - I hope everyone who watches this video takes your advice!

[candygirl10161]

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[h5348227]

one of the best vids ever ..thank you

[nigellazac]

Very very good animations made by nucleusanimation thank you very very much and keep it up!!!!!

[edbiology]

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[drjory91]

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[drJOORI]

very helpful .. thank you .. =)

[Cameron17productions]

@canadaboy1000 i agree!

[canadaboy1000]

this was a bit of a horror movie to be honest.

[smar2oo]

u gyz rock....its just a lil request please take care of the sound.. thank U

[luvmyasianman]

As you already know, I think very, very highly of your videos, both for 100% accurate facts and information, and also for the production. If it is at all possible, please let your "sound affects" people know that they are absolutely fantastic, in reproducing the sounds of organs, body systems, and mechanics. What really brings your videos to "life", is the fantastic audio, which brings us as close to being inside the internal nooks-and-crannies, as we'll ever be.