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Does musical auditory stimulus improve heart rate autonomic control in well-controlled hypertensive patients taking anti-hypertensive medication?
Does musical auditory stimulus improve heart rate autonomic control in well-controlled hypertensive patients taking anti-hypertensive medication?
Musical auditory stimulus acutely enhances heart rate autonomic responses to anti-hypertensive medication in well-controlled hypertensive subjects.
Musical stimulus may acutely enhance autonomic responses to antihypertensive medication; extends evidence for nonpharmacologic adjuncts in hypertension.
Music can improve the efficiency of medical treatment when correctly associated with drug action, reducing risk factors involving deteriorating cardiac function. We evaluated the effect of musical auditory stimulus associated with anti-hypertensive medication on heart rate (HR) autonomic control in hypertensive subjects. We evaluated 37 well-controlled hypertensive patients designated for anti-hypertensive medication. Heart rate variability (HRV) was calculated from the HR monitor recordings of two different, randomly sorted protocols (control and music) on two separate days. Patients were examined in a resting condition 10 minutes before medication and 20 minutes, 40 minutes and 60 minutes after oral medication. Music was played throughout the 60 minutes after medication with the same intensity for all subjects in the music protocol. We noted analogous response of systolic and diastolic arterial pressure in both protocols. HR decreased 60 minutes after medication in the music protocol while it remained unchanged in the control protocol. The effects of anti-hypertensive medication on SDNN (Standard deviation of all normal RR intervals), LF (low frequency, nu), HF (high frequency, nu) and alpha-1 scale were more intense in the music protocol. In conclusion, musical auditory stimulus increased HR autonomic responses to anti-hypertensive medication in well-controlled hypertensive subjects.
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