Research Article

Assessing the Clinical Influence of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs) Revascularization and the Impact of Vascularization Completeness on Patients with Left Ventricular (LV) Systolic Dysfunction

Table 4

Independent prediction factors of cardiac mortality and MACCE in all follow-up CTO patients.

HR95% CI value

Cardiac mortality
 3-vessel disease1.0720.309–3.7220.913
 Complete revascularization0.7770.299–2.0190.605
 Previous PCI1.1170.489–2.5510.793
 Previous MI1.1570.546–2.4500.704
 SCR0.5580.263–1.1840.129
 ≧75 years of age3.4431.719–6.897<0.001

MACCE
 3-vessel disease0.9150.527–1.5900.753
 Complete revascularization0.4670.198–1.1000.082
 Previous PCI1.5921.034–2.4490.035
 Previous MI1.9711.258–3.0880.003
 SCR0.4990.320–0.7760.002
 ≧75 years of age1.3430.832–2.1670.227

Note. Data are expressed as numbers or proportions (%). Abbreviations. MACCE, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events, a combination of ACD, cardiac mortality, relapse myocardium infarction, targeted vascular angiogenesis, rehospitalisation, cardiac failure, and stroke; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; MI, myocardial infarction; SCR, successful CTO revascularization.