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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Nov 13;84(4):637–643. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25264

Table II.

Coronary revascularization among patients without prior CABG who were found to have a coronary chronic total occlusion.

Variable Medical Therapy (n = 128 patients) PCI (n = 94 patients) CABG (n = 97 patients) Overall P P for Medical therapy vs. PCI P for Medical therapy vs. CABG P for PCI vs. CABG
Age (years) 66 ± 9 64 ± 9 64 ± 7 0.26 0.09 0.16 0.63
Male 127 (99%) 94 (100%) 97 (100%) 0.47 0.39 0.38 N/A
Ethnicity 0.19 0.07 0.43 0.41
 Caucasian 92 (72%) 79 (78%) 69 (71%)
 Black 32 (25%) 14 (15%) 21 (22%)
 Hispanic 4 (3%) 4 (4%) 6 (6%)
 Other 0 (0%) 3 (3%) 1 (1%)
BMI (kg/m2) 29 ± 7 31 ± 6 30 ± 6 0.09 0.05 0.22 0.48
Hypertension 109 (85%) 83 (88%) 89 (92%) 0.32 0.50 0.13 0.43
Dyslipidemia 112 (88%) 82 (87%) 86 (89%) 0.95 0.95 0.79 0.76
Diabetes mellitus 69 (54%) 47 (50%) 51 (53%) 0.85 0.56 0.84 0.72
Prior CVA 26 (20%) 13 (14%) 16 (16%) 0.44 0.21 0.47 0.61
Prior CHF 52 (41%) 35 (37%) 19 (20%) 0.003 0.61 <0.001 0.007
Prior MI 69 (54%) 30 (32%) 26 (27%) <0.001 0.001 <0.001 0.44
Prior PCI 56 (44%) 30 (32%) 25 (26%) 0.02 0.07 0.005 0.35
Tobacco History 114 (89%) 77 (82%) 84 (87%) 0.31 0.13 0.57 0.37
Peripheral arterial disease 39 (30%) 15 (16%) 23 (24%) 0.04 0.01 0.26 0.18
CKD 31 (24%) 12 (13%) 12 (12%) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.93
Clinical presentation 0.001 <0.001 0.04 0.10
 Stable angina 32 (25%) 47 (50%) 39 (40%)
 Acute coronary syndrome 50 (39%) 21 (22%) 31 (32%)
Ejection fraction (%) 0.009 0.07 0.003 0.25
 LVEF ≥ 40% 73 (57%) 64 (69%) 74 (76%)
 LVEF < 40% 55 (43%) 29 (31%) 23 (24%)
Number of vessels with CAD <0.001 0.04 <0.001 <0.001
 1 23 (18%) 27 (29%) 2 (2%) <0.001 0.06 <0.001 <0.001
 2 41 (32%) 35 (37%) 14 (14%) 0.001 0.42 0.002 <0.001
 3 64 (50%) 32 (34%) 81 (84%) <0.001 0.02 <0.001 <0.001
Left Main disease 18 (14%) 4 (4%) 37 (38%) <0.001 0.02 <0.001 <0.001
CTO Artery 0.001 <0.001 0.88 0.002
 RCA 67 (64%) 38 (51%) 40 (62%) 0.23 0.10 0.77 0.23
 LAD 14 (13%) 27 (36%) 8 (12%) <0.001 <0.001 0.85 <0.001
 LCx 24 (19%) 9 (13%) 17 (26%) 0.09 0.07 0.63 0.03
 >1 CTO 23 (18%) 20 (21%) 32 (33%) 0.03 0.54 0.009 0.07

Data is presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (percent).

BMI=body mass index; CABG=coronary artery bypass graft; CAD=coronary artery disease; CHF=congestive heart failure; CKD=chronic kidney disease; CTO=chronic total occlusion; CVA=cerebrovascular accident; LAD=left anterior descending artery; LCx=left circumflex artery; LVEF=left ventricular ejection fraction; MI=myocardial infarction; PCI=percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA=right coronary artery