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The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of singing on cardiovascular biomarkers in an aging population with coronary artery disease (CAD).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants had three study visits separated by 2\u20137 days, according to a randomized, researcher-blinded, crossover, controlled design: (1) a 30-min period of live singing with an in-person music therapist, (2) a 30-min period of singing along to an instructional video and (3) a 30-min rest (control). Primary outcomes included macrovascular endothelial function assessed by brachial artery flow-mediated dilation and microvascular function assessed by peripheral arterial tonometry [Framingham reactive hyperemia index (fRHI) and reactive hyperemia index (RHI)]. Heart rate variability (HRV) was a secondary outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Sixty-five subjects (mean age 67.7\u2009\u00b1\u20090.8 years, 40% female) completed the study. Compared to control, there was an increase in fRHI for the singing video intervention (estimate: 0.54, SE: 0.19,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.005) but not for the live singing intervention (estimate: 0.11, SE: 0.18,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.570). There was no change in macrovascular function with either intervention. The low frequency\/high frequency (LF\/HF) ratio increased by 2.80 (SE: 1.03,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.008), and the natural logarithm of high frequency (LnHF) power decreased by \u22120.90\u2005ms\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (SE: 0.29,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003) with the video (during to pre-change). When assessing post- to pre- change, the live singing intervention showed a significant change of \u22120.62\u2005ms\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (SE 0.29,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.036) in LnHF power.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Singing along to an instructional video for 30\u2005min improved microvascular, but not macrovascular, endothelial function, in older patients with CAD. 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