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. 2016 Dec 1;14:28–32. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2016.11.001

Table 3.

Guidewire strategies adopted in the success and the failure groups.

Variables Success (656 pts) Failure (82 pts. ) p-Value
Guidewire strategy
 Parallel wire technique 163 (24.8) 34 (41.5) < 0.0001
 Success 110 (67) N/A
 IVUS guided 53 (8.1) 12 (14.6) < 0.0001
 Success 39 (70) N/A
 CART or r-CART 118 (18.0) 10 (12.1) < 0.0001
 Success 109 (92.3) N/A

Values are number, (%); IVUS = intravascular ultrasound; CART = controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking; r-CART = reversed CART.