Richard A Krasuski MD
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
DUMC 3012 2301 Erwin Rd. Durham NC, 27516About
Dr. Richard Krasuski is Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Center at Duke University Health System, Director of Hemodynamic Research and Medical Director of the CTEPH Program. He is also Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Duke University. He is ABIM certified in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed internal medicine residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and cardiology fellowship at Duke. He serves on editorials boards or is a reviewer for 20 leading medical publications and has authored/co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters. He has also helped develop extensive materials for patient and physician education and has been an invited professor/lecturer at over 50 major medical centers worldwide.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1994
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison of results of percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy in patients aged > or = 65 years with those in patients aged < 65 years.
- Serial echocardiographic evaluation of restenosis after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy.
- Alcohol ablation of the intraventricular septum in symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
- Addition of right-sided and posterior precordial leads during stress testing.
- "It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future".
- Matrix metalloproteinases in patients with myocardial infarction and percutaneous revascularization.
- Cardiopulmonary and mental health diagnoses surrounding the September 11 terrorist acts in a military population.
- The emerging role of percutaneous intervention in adults with congenital heart disease.
- HDL-raising strategies in the treatment of coronary artery disease: perspectives from the Armed Forces Regression Study.
- Vasodilators in aortic regurgitation.
- Late "adult form" scimitar syndrome presenting with "infant form" complications.
- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: an unusual syndrome mimicking an ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
- When and how to fix a 'hole in the heart': approach to ASD and PFO.
- Tissue harmonic imaging in echocardiography: better valve imaging, but at what cost?
- Therapy and clinical trials.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Director of Adult Congenital Heart Services Duke University Health System 2015 - Present
- Medical Director of CTEPH Program Duke University Health System 2018 - Present
- Director, Duke Cooperative Cardiovascular Society Duke University Health System 2019 - Present
Awards
- Researcher of the Year 2004 Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas
- Gold Headed Cane Award 2005 US Air Force
- Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award 2013 The Cleveland Clinic
- Innovator Award 2009 The Cleveland Clinic
- Innovator Award 2012 The Cleveland Clinic
Professional Memberships
- Adult Congenital Heart Association
- American Heart Association
- American College of Cardiology
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association - Physician Scientists
Areas of research
Adult congenital heart disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Richard A Krasuski MD's Practice location
Duke University Health System
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