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Based on the selection methods we have defined two CTO groups. The first group - the total CTO cohort- contains all CTO patients recognized by one or both methods during the period. The second group is the subcohort that contains the patients in whom a CTO was identified through the %-luminal stenosis on the coronary segments – the coronary segment subcohort.
