Table 5

Event rates at long-term follow-up

GOODCOLL (n=162)POORCOLL (n=140)P values
All-cause death8 (5%)13 (9%)0.174
Composite MACE16 (10%)20 (14%)0.286
 Cardiac death4 (3%)5 (4%)0.738
 All MI9 (6%)16 (11%)0.092
 CABG4 (3%)4 (3%)1.000
  • CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CTO, coronary chronic total occlusion; GOODCOLL, well-developed collaterals to the CTO; MACE, major adverse cardiac events; MI, myocardial infarction; POORCOLL, poorly developed collaterals to the CTO.