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Can Music Calm the Heart? New Studies Point to Benefits
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/can-music-calm-heart-new-studies-point-benefits-2025a1000ofzMauricio Wajngarten, MD, PhD
Several studies on the use of music as a complementary intervention for heart disease have shown promising results across different areas.
In diagnostic procedures, a Brazilian study was recently published analyzing the effect of music in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). In therapeutics, a free communication presented at the 2025 annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology suggested new directions for the individualized use of music as complementary treatment for hypertension.
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It is well established that individual responses to music therapy in cardiac patients vary widely, shaped by personal preference and emotional reaction. However, evidence indicates that certain predictable musical phrase structures may enhance baroreflex sensitivity, thereby improving blood pressure regulation. This opens the door to personalized, nonpharmacological therapies based on music.
Music therapy combines elements of medicine, psychology, and music. Since 2018, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany has offered music therapy as an elective for medical students. The course does not train professional music therapists but provides students with a broad overview of complementary therapies.
Music therapy remains easy to implement, low cost, and free of adverse effects. The question is: Why not use it?
In diagnostic procedures, a Brazilian study was recently published analyzing the effect of music in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). In therapeutics, a free communication presented at the 2025 annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology suggested new directions for the individualized use of music as complementary treatment for hypertension.
. . .
It is well established that individual responses to music therapy in cardiac patients vary widely, shaped by personal preference and emotional reaction. However, evidence indicates that certain predictable musical phrase structures may enhance baroreflex sensitivity, thereby improving blood pressure regulation. This opens the door to personalized, nonpharmacological therapies based on music.
Music therapy combines elements of medicine, psychology, and music. Since 2018, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany has offered music therapy as an elective for medical students. The course does not train professional music therapists but provides students with a broad overview of complementary therapies.
Music therapy remains easy to implement, low cost, and free of adverse effects. The question is: Why not use it?