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. 2024 Feb 28;21(2):232–241. doi: 10.26599/1671-5411.2024.02.004

Table 2. Lesion characteristic among different collateral grading.

Werner’s CC grading Rentrop grading
Grade 2
(n = 686)
Grade 0–1
(n = 1766)
P-value Grade 3
(n = 1145)
Grade 0–2
(n = 1307)
P-value
Data are presented as means ± SD or n (%). CC: collateral circulation; CTO: chronic total occlusion; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention.
Target vessel < 0.001 0.023
 Left main artery 1 (0.1%) 3 (0.2%) 3 (0.3%) 1 (0.1%)
 Left anterior descending 249 (36.1%) 697 (38.9%) 448 (39.1%) 483 (37.0%)
 Left circumflex artery 55 (8.0%) 308 (17.2%) 143 (12.5%) 217 (16.6%)
 Right coronary artery 384 (55.7%) 773 (43.8%) 551 (48.1%) 606 (46.4%)
Reference vessel diameter, mm 3.1 ± 0.4 2.9 ± 0.4 < 0.001 3.0 ± 0.4 2.9 ± 0.4 < 0.001
CTO length, mm 18.4 ± 11.4 17.3 ± 12.6 0.029 16.5 ± 11.0 18.5 ± 13.2 < 0.001
Blunt stump 292 (42.6%) 722 (40.9%) 0.47 451 (39.4%) 563 (43.1%) 0.07
Moderate or severe calcification 98 (14.3%) 224 (14.7%) 0.29 140 (12.2%) 182 (13.9%) 0.23
Moderate or severe tortuosity 336 (49.0%) 737 (41.7%) 0.001 507 (44.3%) 566 (43.3%) 0.65
In-stent 54 (7.9%) 148 (8.4%) 0.74 68 (5.9%) 134 (10.3%) < 0.001
Retry PCI 21 (3.1%) 59 (3.3%) 0.80 40 (3.5%) 40 (3.1%) 0.57
J-CTO score 1.5 ± 1.0 1.4 ± 1.0 < 0.001 1.4 ± 1.0 1.4 ± 1.0 0.10
PROGRESS score 0.6 ± 0.6 1.2 ± 0.9 < 0.001 0.8 ± 0.8 1.2 ± 0.9 < 0.001
SYNTAX score 18.0 ± 7.8 19.4 ± 8.4 < 0.001 19.8 ± 8.1 18.3 ± 8.3 < 0.001
PCI acute result 0.18 0.25
 Optimal success 389 (56.7%) 1073 (60.8%) 699 (61.0%) 763 (58.4%)
 Sub-optimal success 107 (15.6%) 247 (14.0%) 152 (13.3%) 202 (15.5%)
 Failure 190 (27.7%) 446 (25.3%) 294 (25.7%) 342 (26.2%)