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We evaluated whether Rentrop collateral grading predicts tissue-level viability using contemporary quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We enrolled 56 patients with angiographically confirmed CTO who underwent CMR. Collateral flow was graded using the Rentrop classification. Viable myocardium was defined as \u226450% transmural scar on late gadolinium enhancement. Quantitative myocardial blood flow (MBF) and scar burden were assessed within CTO territories.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher Rentrop grades were linked to greater myocardial viability (Rentrop 0: 44.4% viable; Rentrop 2: 88.9% viable; p=0.043). CTO-territory stress MBF differed across Rentrop grades (p=0.04). In multivariable analysis, Rentrop grade emerged as the only independent predictor of viability (OR 2.52, 95%\u2009CI 1.18 to 5.42, p=0.01). Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.71, identifying Rentrop &gt;1 as the optimal cut-off for predicting viability (sensitivity 66%, specificity 73%, p=0.01). In addition, there was a significant association between Canadian Cardiovascular Society anginal severity and collateral development (\u03c7\u00b2=8.548, p=0.035).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Angiographic grading of collaterals using the Rentrop score independently predicts myocardial viability in patients with CTO. 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