Education:
Baylor University, B.S.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Doctorate of Medicine
Training:
Residency – Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Affiliated Hospitals
Cardiology Fellowship – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Affiliated Hospitals
Certifications:
Board Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Hospital Affiliations:
Providence Health Center, Waco, Texas
Baylor Scott & White – Hillcrest, Waco, Texas
Coryell Memorial Hospital, Gatesville, Texas
Falls Community Hospital, Marlin, Texas
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Hill Regional Hospital, Hillsboro, Texas
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Goodall-Witcher Hospital, Clifton, Texas
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Parkview Regional Hospital, Mexia, Texas
Original Publications:
Preoperative left ventricular peak systolic pressure/end-systolic volume ratio and functional status following valve surgery in patients with mitral regurgitation and enlarged end-systolic volumes.
Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD.
Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jun 1;79(11):1493-7.
The "open artery hypothesis" in survivors of myocardial infarction.
Pitts WR, Cigarroa JE, Lange RA, Hillis LD.
Clin Cardiol. 1997 Jun;20(6):522-4. Review.
Cocaine-induced myocardial ischemia and infarction: pathophysiology, recognition, and management.
Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD.
Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1997 Jul-Aug;40(1):65-76. Review.
Repeat coronary angiography in patients with chest pain and previously normal coronary angiogram.
Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD.
Am J Cardiol. 1997 Oct 15;80(8):1086-7.
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease
Pitts WR, Hillis LD.
In
Current Practice of Medicine, Edited by Alpert JS.
Philadelphia: Current Medicine, Inc. 1998: 561-566
Effects of the intracoronary infusion of cocaine on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in humans.
Pitts WR, Vongpatanasin W, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD, Lange RA.
Circulation. 1998 Apr 7;97(13):1270-3.
Coronary arterial anatomy in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction without chest pain or previous myocardial infarction.
Pitts WR, Lange RA, Hillis LD, Cigarroa JE.
Am J Cardiol. 1998 Dec 15;82(12):1530-1, A7.
Predictive value of prominent right atrial V waves in assessing the presence and severity of tricuspid regurgitation.
Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD.
Am J Cardiol. 1999 Feb 15;83(4):617-8, A10.
Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockade: lessening the risk of coronary interventions.
Pitts WR, Lange RA.
Thromb Haemost. 1999 Sep;82 Suppl 1:136-8. Review.
Valvular Heart Disease
Pitts, WR, Hillis LD.
in
Hospital Medicine, edited Wachter, RM, Goldman L, Hollander H.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Williams 2000: 251-261
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease
Pitts WR, Hillis LD.
in
Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician, Edition 3. Edited by Alpert JS.
Philadelphia: Current Medicine, Inc. 2001: 223-228
