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Comunicazioni<br />

p=0,002. RS era presente (con o senza ulteriori CVE) a 3 mesi in 104/120 (87%)<br />

pts GrA vs 44/62 (73%) pts GrD, p=0,018. Il trattamento è stato interrotto per<br />

effetti collaterali in 8/125 6%) pts in GrA vs 1/63 (2%) pts GrD.<br />

In conclusione, il carico orale <strong>di</strong> amiodarone è superiore alla terapia antiaritmica<br />

convenzionale nel prevenire le reci<strong>di</strong>ve precoci e subacute dopo car<strong>di</strong>oversione<br />

elettrica efficace della fibrillazione atriale persistente.<br />

C79<br />

EFFICACY OF TELMISARTAN AND CARVEDILOL IN PREVENTING ATRIAL<br />

FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS: A<br />

MULTICENTRE STUDY<br />

D. Galzerano (a), S. Caselli (b) E. Caravetta (b), G. Saetta (a), P. Tammaro (a),<br />

B. Tuccillo (c), D. Lama (d), G. Paolisso (d), P. Capogrosso (a)<br />

(a) Division of Car<strong>di</strong>ology, San Gennaro Hospital, Naples, (b) Università La<br />

Sapienza, Roma, (c) Division of Car<strong>di</strong>ology, Loreto Mare Hospital, Naples,<br />

(d) Department of Geriatrics and Metabolic Disease, Second University, Naples,<br />

Italy<br />

Background. The possibility of addressing blood pressure (BP) control and lower<br />

incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) should be a suitable pharmacological goal in<br />

antihypertensive therapy. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)<br />

plays an important role as a me<strong>di</strong>ator of atrial remodeling in AF.<br />

Aim. To assess the effect of an antihypertensive treatment with Telmisartan<br />

(Telm) and Carve<strong>di</strong>lol (Carv) in preventing the recurrence of AF in hypertensive<br />

pts with a history of recent atrial fibrillation.<br />

Methods and Results. We stu<strong>di</strong>ed 144 mild hypertensive (SBP >13080

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