Overview
Dr. Richard Krasuski is Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Center at Duke University Medical Center, the Director of Hemodynamic Research, and the Medical Director of the CTEPH Program. He is considered a thought leader in the fields of pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart disease. His research focus is in epidemiologic and clinical studies involving patients with pulmonary hypertension and patients with congenital heart disease. He is involved in multiple multicenter studies through the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC). He has also helped to develop multiple research databases in these patient populations. He is Co-PI in the upcoming EPIPHANY Study examining the impact of medical and transcatheter interventions on RV-PA coupling in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Over his career he has mentored over 80 students, residents and fellows and has published over 300 peer reviewed publications, book chapters and meeting abstracts. He is also the Chief Editor of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension and on the editorial boards of several leading medical journals.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
·
2016 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Outcomes in Patients Receiving Treatment for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With Repaired Congenital Heart Disease.
Journal Article JACC Adv · February 24, 2025 BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common complication among patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Despite advances in PAH treatment, evidence for the benefits of PAH therapies in CHD-PAH is limited. OBJECTIVES: This analysis ai ... Full text Link to item CiteAssociation of Fontan Pathophysiology With Plasma Bile Acids.
Journal Article JACC Adv · February 2025 BACKGROUND: Patients with Fontan circulation are frail and experience multisystem dysfunction including impaired exercise capacity, low resting and exercise-augmented cardiac output, and progressive liver fibrosis. However, common underlying biochemical ab ... Full text Link to item CiteThe pathophysiology of patent foramen ovale and its related complications.
Journal Article Am Heart J · November 2024 The foramen ovale plays a vital role in sustaining life in-utero; however, a patent foramen ovale (PFO) after birth has been associated with pathologic sequelae in the systemic circulation including stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), migraine, high al ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Occluflex
Clinical TrialCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Occlutech US LLC · 2024 - 2029Peer Coaching Adaptive Self-Management Interventions for Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (CHASM IN ACHD)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Adult Congenital Heart Association · 2019 - 2023Insmed TPIP
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Insmed · 2021 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Harvard Medical School ·
1994
M.D.