Online Appendix for the following December 3 JACC article
TITLE: Prospective, Randomized Evaluation of Thrombectomy Prior to Percutaneous
Intervention in Diseased Saphenous Vein Grafts and Thrombus Containing Coronary Arteries
AUTHORS: Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, Cardiovascular Research Foundation and Lenox Hill
Hospital, New York, NY, David A. Cox, MD, FACC, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte, NC,
Joseph Babb, MD, FACC, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, Dean Nukta, MD,
FACC, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH, Luc Bilodeau, MD, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal,
Canada, Louis Cannon, MD, FACC, St. Mary’s Hospital, Saginaw, MI, Thomas D. Stuckey, MD,
FACC, Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC, James Hermiller, MD, FACC, St. Vincent’s
Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, Eric A. Cohen, MD, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences
Center, Toronto, Canada, Reginald Low, MD, FACC, Mercy Hospital, Sacramento, CA, Steven R.
Bailey, MD, FACC, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, Alexandra J.
Lansky, MD, FACC, Cardiovascular Research Foundation and Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY,
Richard E. Kuntz, MD, FACC, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for the X-TRACT
Investigators
APPENDIX
The following are the investigators, research coordinators, and institutions participating in
X-TRACT.
Executive Committee: Gregg W. Stone (Principal Investigator), David A. Cox, Steven R. Bailey,
Richard E. Kuntz, John Schultz. Data Management, Clinical Events Adjudication, and
Biostatistical Analysis: Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, MA: Richard E. Kuntz
(Director). Angiographic Core Laboratory: The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York
City, NY: Alexandra J. Lansky (Director), Kartik Desai. ECG Core Laboratory: Harvard Clinical
Research Institute, Boston, MA: Peter Zimmetbaum (Director). Data Safety and Monitoring
Board: Thomas Ryan (Chairman), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Bernard J.
Gersh, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; David Faxon, University of Southern California School of
Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Tim Sanborn, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York
City, NY; Gerald Timmis, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI; Robert Glynn, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Clinical Sites, Principle Investigators, and Research Personnel: U.S. Sites: Huntsville Hospital,
Huntsville, AL: David H. Drenning (PI), Theresa Causey, Mary Hudson; Good Samaritan Hospital,
Phoenix, AZ: Tim Byrne (PI), Mary Balfour; UC Davis Medical Center, Davis, CA: Richard Valente
(PI), Kori Harde; Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA: Ray Matthews (PI), Stephanie Mullin,
Carmela Arena; UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA: Jesse Currier (PI), Kristen Burt; Mission
Community Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA: Donald E. Rediker (PI), Megan Whalen; Mercy General
Hospital, Sacramento, CA: Reggie Low (PI), Susan Bowman, Deidre Oman; Washington Hospital
Center, Washington, DC: Lowell Satler (PI), Daniella Claus; Lakeland Regional Medical Center,
Lakeland, FL: Douglas Ebersole (PI), Kerry Prisoc; Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne,
FL: Charles R. Lambert (PI), Tammy Watts; Miami Heart Institute, Miami, FL: James Margolis (PI),
Jorge Bejarano; Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, FL: Robert Feldman (PI): Scott Owen;
Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL: A. Ralph Rodriguez (PI), Penny Porteous, Beverly Mansker; Orlando
Heart Center, Orlando, FL: Edward Santoian (PI), Cathy Stankiewicz; Florida Cardiovascular
Institute, Tampa, FL: Fadi Matar (PI), Kathy Gloer; Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA:
Christopher Cates (PI), Tom Arnold; Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA: Charles Wilmer (PI), B.J.
Guthrie, Susan Lubach; Memorial Health University Hospital, Savannah, GA: Randy K. Bottner
(PI), Peggy Grogan; University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL: Ted Feldman (PI), Lori Loftis; St.
Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN: James Hermiller (PI), Maggie Potrikus; Heart and Lung
Institute, Louisville, KY: Massoud A. Leesar (PI), Pamela Adkisson; Fairview Hospital, Cleveland,
OH: E. Dean Nukta (PI), Marcia Strumpf Erena Alvarez; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH: Pat
Whitlow (PI), Anne Robakowski; Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals, Columbus, OH: Barry
George (PI), Janice Smith; Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD: Henry Meilman (PI), Lynnee
Roane; Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, MD: Mark Turco (PI), Dawn Shaddinger;
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA: Andrew C. Eisenhauer (PI), Denise Aucoin-Barry;
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA: Bonnie Weiner (PI), Marie Borbonne;
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI: Stephen C. Timmis (PI), Miodrag Nedeljkovic; St.
Mary’s Hospital, Saginaw, MI: Louis Cannon (PI), Jennifer Lalonde; University of Minnesota
Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN: Robert F. Wilson (PI), Julie Dicken; Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN: Kirk Garratt (PI), Darlene Cooper; Kramer and Crouse Cardiology, Kansas City, MO: Paul
Kramer (Co-PI), Barry Rutherford (Co-PI), Jackie Digiovanni; Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ: Jai B. Agarwal (PI), Susan Krieger; Lovelace Health Systems,
Albuquerque, NM: Alan Singer (PI), Rosella Nawman; Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY: Gregg
W. Stone (PI), Mohammad Arif; Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC: David A. Cox (PI), Laurie
Lowder; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC: Michael Sketch (PI), Mike Mantell; Duke
VA Medical Center, Durham, NC: Mitchell W. Krucoff (PI), Kathy Swails; Moses Cone Hospital,
Greensboro, NC: Thomas Stuckey (PI), Jeff Houser, Anna Howle; Pitt County Memorial Hospital,
Greenville, NC: Joseph Babb (PI), Doris Bembridge; New Hanover Hospital, Wilmington, NC:
Robert Everhart (PI), Meghann Smith; Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,
NC: Robert J. Applegate (Co-PI), Kevin M. Rankin (Co-PI), Teresa Young; MeritCare Medical
Center, Fargo, ND: Vishwaeth Bhoompalam (PI), Bonita Zimmerman; St. Vincent Hospital,
Portland, OR: Phillip Au (PI), Eric Johnson; Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, PA: Mark Turco
(Co-PI), David Boland (Co-PI), Dawn Shaddinger, Melinda Brenner; Abington Memorial Hospital,
Doylestown, PA: Mark Turco (PI), Dawn Shaddinger; Hospital at University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA: Robert Wilensky (PI), Sharon Bradley; Presbyterian Medical Center/UPHS,
Philadelphia, PA: Robert Wilensky (PI), Mary Ellen Geda; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh,
PA: David M. Lasorda (PI), Judy Haluka, Phyllis Wanetick; McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD:
Mark D. Fausch (PI), Robin Farley; Chattanooga Heart Institute, Chattanooga, TN: Eric Conn (PI),
Joyce Beardsley; St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN: Joe Fredi (PI), Judy McCarthy; Baylor
College Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX: Ravi C. Vallabhan (PI), Maureen Schriebfeder;
Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX: Oscar Rosales (PI), Lynette Westbrook; University of Texas
Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX: Steven Bailey (PI), Mary Stigent; Utah
Valley Medical Center, Provo, UT: Rodney Badger (PI), Jenny Faulk; Sentara Norfolk General
Hospital, Norfolk, VA: Alan K. Banks (PI), Nancy Sullivan, Kathy Barackman; Overlake Hospital,
Bellevue, WA: Jeffrey A. Werner (PI), Traci Nelson. Canadian Sites: Vancouver Hospital,
Vancouver, British Columbia: Donald R. Ricci (PI), Sandy MacLeod; Sunnybrook and Women’s
College Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario: Eric A. Cohen (PI), Maggie Godin-Edgecombe,
Lyn Balleza; Institute de Cardiologie de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec: Luc Bilodeau (PI), Denise
Pagé, Nathalie St-Jean.