Skip to main content
. 2022 Dec 2;18(11):e920–e928. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00118

Table 2. Procedural characteristics.

Baseline angiographic data Number (%)
or mean±SD
Dominance Right 76 (93.8)
Left 4 (4.9)
Codominance 1 (1.2)
CTO vessel (RCA/LAD/LCx) RCA 53 (65.4)
LAD 20 (24.7)
LCx 8 (9.9)
Donor vessel RCA 20 (24.7)
LAD 50 (61.7)
LCx 8 (9.9)
LM/SVG 1 (1.2) /2 (2.4)
Rentrop grade I 3 (37)
II 25 (30.9)
III 52 (64.2)
Collateral connection grade I 48 (59.3)
II 20 (24.7)
III 13 (16)
J-CTO score 2±1.3
CASTLE score 1.6±1.3
CTO PCI procedure
1st Access site Left radial artery 1 (1.2)
Left femoral artery 0 (0)
Right radial artery 14 (17.3)
Right femoral artery 66 (81.5)
2nd Access site Left radial artery 5 (6.1)
Left femoral artery 5 (6.1)
Right radial artery 53 (65.4)
Right femoral artery 18 (22.2)
Wiring time (min) 52.5±45.1
Final strategy AWE 52 (64.2)
RWE 2 (2.4)
ADR 7 (8.6)
RDR 20 (24.7)
Number of stents 2±0.9
Number of stents I 24 (29.6)
II 32 (39.5)
III 20 (24.7)
VI 5 (6.1)
Total stent length (mm) 68.4±30.3
Maximal stent diameter (mm) 3.2±0.5
ADR: antegrade dissection re-entry; AWE: antegrade wire escalation; CTO: chronic total occlusion; J-CTO; Japanese chronic total occlusion; LAD: left descending anterior; LCx: left circumflex; LM: left main; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA: right coronary artery; RDR: retrograde dissection re-entry; RWE: retrograde wire escalation; SD: standard deviation; SVG: saphenous vein graft