Table 1.

Basal and demographic characteristics comparison of first-attempt and reattempted CTO-PCI in the study population.

	First-Attempt PCI (n = 480)	Reattempted PCI (n = 47)	p-Value
Age	65.4 ± 10.97	62.8 ± 9.9	0.11
Male	404 (84.2)	42 (89.4)	0.34
Hypertension	358 (74.6)	38 (80.9)	0.34
Diabetes	216 (45)	23 (48.9)	0.6
Prior MI	219 (45.6)	20 (42.6)	0.69
Prior CABG	35 (7.3)	7 (14.9)	0.066
MVD	308 (64.3)	26 (55.3)	0.22
EF < 40%	77 (16%)	0 (0)	0.004

CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; EF: ejection fraction; MI: myocardial infarction; MVD: multivessel disease.