Music decreases aortic stiffness and wave reflections

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OBJECTIVE: Music has been related to cardiovascular health and used as adjunct therapy in patients with cardiovascular disease. Aortic stiffness and wave reflections are predictors of cardiovascular risk. We investigated the short-term effect of classical and rock music on arterial stiffness and wave reflections.

METHODS: Twenty healthy individuals (22.5±2.5 years) were studied on three different occasions and listened to a 30-min music track compilation (classical, rock, or no music for the sham procedure).

RESULTS: Both classical and rock music resulted in a decrease of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) immediately after the end of music listening (all p<0.01). Augmentation index (AIx) decreased with either classical or rock music in a more sustained way (nadir by 6.0% and 5.8%, respectively, at time zero post-music listening, all p<0.01). When music preference was taken into consideration, both classical and rock music had a more potent effect on PWV in classical aficionados (by 0.20 m/s, p=0.003 and 0.13 m/s, p=0.015, respectively), whereas there was no effect in rock aficionados (all p=NS). Regarding wave reflections, classical music led to a more potent response in classical aficionados (AIx decrease by 9.45%), whereas rock led to a more potent response to rock aficionados (by 10.7%, all p<0.01).

CONCLUSIONS: Music, both classical and rock, decreases aortic stiffness and wave reflections. Effect on aortic stiffness lasts for as long as music is listened to, while classical music has a sustained effect on wave reflections. These findings may have important implications, extending the spectrum of lifestyle modifications that can ameliorate arterial function.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:240

Enthalten in:

Atherosclerosis - 240(2015), 1 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 184-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vlachopoulos, Charalambos [VerfasserIn]
Aggelakas, Angelos [VerfasserIn]
Ioakeimidis, Nikolaos [VerfasserIn]
Xaplanteris, Panagiotis [VerfasserIn]
Terentes-Printzios, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Abdelrasoul, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
Lazaros, George [VerfasserIn]
Tousoulis, Dimitris [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aortic stiffness
Augmentation index
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Music
Pulse wave velocity
Randomized Controlled Trial
Wave reflections

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Date Completed 04.01.2016

Date Revised 13.04.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.03.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM247300624