Unbalanced Oxidant-Antioxidant Status: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion in Very Old Patients

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of very old patients with coronary stenosis.

	CON	SVD	MVD without CTO	MVD with one CTO	MVD with multiple CTO
	Age, years
Male/ female	36/29	64/50	57/36	41/30	34/22
Hypertension	39/26	59/55	61/32	45/26	37/19
Hyperlipidemia	35/30	60/54	52/41	34/37	30/26
Smoking	55/10	72/42	82/11	64/7	50/6
Diabetes mellitus	45/20	70/44	53/40	43/28	36/20
Myocardial infarction	0/0	0/0	0/0	50/21	44/12
Smoker	48/17	90/24	82/11	61/10	50/6
Heart failure	0/0	0/0	7/3	23/10	25/8
Medications
Aspirin	12/8	64/50	57/36	41/30	34/22
Beta blockers	0/0	67/47	59/34	45/26	37/19
ACEI/AT II blockers	0/0	65/49	57/36	41/30	34/22
Clopidogrel	0/0	63/51	60/33	50/21	36/20
Long-acting oral nitrates	0/0	69/45	59/34	41/30	34/22
Statins	0/0	64/50	57/36	40/31	36/20

CON: control; CTO: chronic total occlusion; MVD: multivessel disease; SVD: single vessel disease.