Rational guidewire use in the coronary chronic total occlusion interventions

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 8 Multivariate logistic regression analysis to reveal the determinants of the crossability of initial choice guidewire

Dependant variable: Same initial-final guidewire		Multivariate analysis
Dependant variable: Same initial-final guidewire	Odds Ratio	95% CI	p
Sex (male/female)	0.312	0.112; 0.869	0.02
LV EF	0.717	0.314; 1.640	0.43
Hypokinesia on cto territory	0.733	0.342; 1.570	0.42
J-CTO Score	0.363	0.240; 0.550	< 0.001
Procedural technique	0.326	0.199; 0.535	< 0.001
Initial guidewire	0.949	0.866; 1.040	0.26
Initial guidewire type	5.763	1.980; 16.775	0.001
Initial guidewire stiffness	0.324	0.149; 0.705	0.004

LV EF left ventricular ejection fraction, J-CTO Japan registry of chronic total occlusion
P < 0.05 is indicated as significant