| Cardiac Catheterization |
| Cardiac PET Scanning |
| Coronary Stenting |
| Echocardiography |
| Electrocardiography |
| ECP Therapy |
| Nuclear Stress Testing |
| Pacemakers |
| Peripheral Stenting |
| Aneurysm Repair |
| Structural Heart: ASD/PFO Closure |
| Vascular Studies |
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Rocky D. Bilhartz, MD, MBA
Interventional Cardiology & Peripheral Vascular Disease
122 Medical Park Lane, Suite A | Huntsville, TX | For Appointments Call: (979) 764-1474
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Dr. Bilhartz - In The News
Sept 21, 2012
Average Door-to-Balloon Time of 23 Minutes in August 2012
By JOE DANNENBAUM, MS, ATC, CSCS, Firefighter 472 - I want to express my gratitude to the doctors, nurses and staff at the College Station Medical Center for the care that I received during my heart attack on the morning of August 13th, 2012. Dr. Bilhartz and the staff met the ambulance outside the hospital, wheeled me directly into the heart cath lab where the blockage was identified and handled in an incredibly expeditious manner, resulting in very little heart damage .... [Read Full Article] August 24, 2012
Brazos Valley Journal of Medicine - Dr. Bilhartz - ASD/PFO Diagnosis & Management
"A normal heart has four chambers. There's two at the back and two at the front. Atrial Septal Defect is a congenital heart condition, something that you are born with when you have an absence of the tissue that divides these two chambers. This leads to enlargement of chambers, blood flow kind of moving in wrong directions in the heart, and eventually symptoms of shortness of breath or even heart failure. In Brazos Valley with about 200,000 people, eight births a year will have an Atrial Septal Defect" ... [Visit BV Journal of Medicine Site] August 24, 2012
Brazos Valley Journal of Medicine - Dr. Bilhartz - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Diagnosis & Management
"High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and tobacco use are risk factors that increase your chances of developing blockages in your heart arteries. But what most people don't know are these same risk factors also increase your potential for developing life threatening aortic aneurysms. Your heart actually pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta, curves upwards towards the neck and supplies blood to the arms and the brain before it curves downward and supplies blood to the organs and eventually the legs." ... [Visit BV Journal of Medicine Site] February 18, 2012
Calvert dancer gets a second chance after surgery
Now a senior at Calvert High School, 18-year-old Skyy Walker had been active on the dance squad and the track and basketball teams since she was in junior high. After graduation from high school in May, she planned on joining the Army. When school started in September, Walker underwent the required pre-participation physical exam so she could play sports again. As in the past, she expected the physical to reflect how healthy she was. But this school year was different: A heart murmur had been detected during the physical.
After a series of tests at the College Station Medical Center, it was discovered that Skyy had an Atrial Septal Defect ... [Read Full Article] |
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