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Since there are no accessible procedures for this purpose, here, we describe the methodological conditions to assess the stability of the HDL based on the redshift of the fluorescence spectrum of tryptophans contained in the structure of HDL-apolipoproteins during incubation with urea 8M. Along the HDL denaturation kinetics, the main variations of fluorescence were observed at the wavelengths of 330, 344, and 365 nm at room temperature. Therefore, HDL denaturation was estimated using the tryptophan (Trp)-ratio of fluorescence intensity (rfi) at such wavelengths. By setting 100% of the measurable denaturation at 26 h, HDL reached 50% after 8 h of incubation with urea. Then, for further analyses we determined the percentage of HDL denaturation at 8 h as an estimation of the stability of these lipoproteins. To explore the potential usefulness of this test, we analyzed the stability of HDL isolated from the plasma of 24 patients diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). These HDL presented significantly higher percentages of denaturation (64.9% (58.7\u201378.4)) than HDLs of healthy individuals (23.3% (20.3-27.0)). These results indicate that HDL in ACS are less stable than in control subjects. Moreover, the percentage of denaturation of HDL correlated with body mass index and aspartate transaminase plasma activity. Furthermore, apo-I, HDL-cholesterol, HDL-triglycerides, and apo A-I-to-triglycerides ratio correlated with the percentage of HDL denaturation, suggesting that the lipoprotein composition is a main determinant of HDL stability. Finally, the percentage of HDL denaturation is the parameter that predicted the presence of ACS as determined by a machine learning procedure and logistic regression analysis. 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