Agustin Cabrera-Santamaria, MD, FACC
Amarillo Heart Institute
Founder & Partner
Texas Cardiovascular Center (TCC)
Founder & Partner
College
- Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico. (1986 – 1990)
- Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania BA in Biology. (1982 – 1986)
Residency
- Internal Medicine, Internship, VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico.(1990 – 1991)
- Internal Medicine, Residency, VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (1991 – 1993)
Fellowship/Licensure
Cardiovascular Disease, Fellowship, VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico . (1993 – 1996)
Hospital Affiliations
- Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System, Amarillo, TX. (1998 – Present)
- Northwest Texas Healthcare System , Amarillo, TX. (1998 – Present)
- Amarillo Heart Clinical Research Institute, Inc. Amarillo, TX. (2003- Present)
Partner
- Amarillo Heart Group, Amarillo, TX.
- Amarillo Heart Institute, Amarillo, TX.
- Texas Cardiovascular Center (TCC), Amarillo, TX.
Board Certification (s)
- American Board of Cardiovascular Disease.
- American Board of Internal Medicine.
- Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology.
- Fellowship of the American Board of Physicians.
- Fellowship of the Texas Medical Association.
- Fellowship of the Potter-Randall County Medical Society.
Honors
- Instructor Clinical Medicine (Ad Honorem). University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. (1993 – 1995)
- Medical Officer of the Day (ER Screener). VA Medical Center, Emergency Room, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (1992 – 1995)
- ACLS Tutorials. (1993 – 1994)
Principal Investigator
- The Stabilization Of Plaques using Darapladib. Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 52. [SOLID-TIMI1 521 Trial]
- A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Study to Establish the Clinical Benefit and Safety of Vytorin (Ezetimibe/Simvastatin Tablet) vs Simvastatin Monotherapy in High-Risk Subjects Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndrome (Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial). VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Dobutamine Echocardiography for Risk Stratification in Unstable Angina.
Sub Investigator
- Accomplish.
- Active
- Acuity
- Acute
- Decompensated Heart Failure
- Advance MI
- AMEthyst
- Arise
- Aspect
- Assent 4
- Borealis
- Choose On Pump
- Choose Off Pump
- Cypress
- Delta MI
- Early ACS
- Evolution On Pump
- ExTract TIMI 25Finesse
- Lunar
- Oasis 5
- Oasis 6
- Opt CHF
- Parecoxib
- Periscope
- Protect TIMI 30
- Seacoast
- Steeple
- Stellar
- Titan Timi 34
- Treat
- Trilogy
- Tropic
- Van Gogh
- Validd
Services Offered: AHI & TCC
- Right and left heart catheterizations.
- Peripheral Angiography.
- Nuclear cardiology.
- Exercise stress testing.
- 2-D and TEE Doppler echocardiography.
- EKG interpretation
- Holter Monitor interpretation.
- Temporary pacemaker implantation.
- Acute post-bypass care.
- Venous Ablation/Radiofrequency Ablation.
- Endovenous Laser Ablation.
- Pacemaker Implants/Change outs.
- Cardio MEMS.
- Impella LVAD.
- Implantable Loop Recorder.