Richard A. Krasuski, MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Specialist, Cardiologist
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About Me
As a fellowship trained adult congenital heart disease specialist and Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Center at Duke, I take care of a wide spectrum of heart problems, spanning from simple shunt lesions like patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus, to more complicated disorders, like tetralogy of Fallot, Ebstein anomaly, transposition of the great arteries and single ventricles. I collaborate with my colleagues in adult and pediatric medicine to provide comprehensive health services including complex cardiac interventions like catheter-based pulmonary valve implantation, closure of aortopulmonary collaterals and coarctation stenting. I am also skilled at the non-invasive and invasive assessment of patients with pulmonary hypertension. Congenital heart disease is my passion and I strive to educate my patients, their doctors and our fabulous trainees in order to improve everyone's awareness of these challenging conditions. My spare time is spent mostly at home with my wife and 2 teenage boys. I enjoy participating in and watching all types of major sports and also enjoy traveling.
- Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology 2016
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Training and Education
Clinical Focus and Research
My research is primarily focused within the disciplines of congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, both at local and national levels.
- Occluflex awarded by Occlutech US LLC 2024 - 2029
- Insmed TPIP awarded by Insmed 2021 - 2023
- Kappus, Matthew R., Dempsey Hughes, Daniel Ganger, Yuli Kim, Mustafa Bashir, Julie Bonn, Amir Borhani, et al. “A survey of national practice patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance for patients with fontan-associated liver disease: A call to action.” Liver Transpl, April 8, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1097/LVT.0000000000000622.
- Rosenthal, Benjamin E., Maarouf A. Hoteit, Gentian Lluri, Christiane Haeffele, Tami Daugherty, Richard A. Krasuski, John D. Serfas, et al. “Characteristics and Survival Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After the Fontan Operation.” JACC Adv 4, no. 4 (April 2025): 101646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101646.
- Pinsker, Bret L., Jeremy P. Moore, Thomas M. Bashore, and Richard A. Krasuski. “Permanent Cardiac Pacing in the Fontan Population: A Contemporary Review of Indications, Approaches, and Outcomes.” JACC Adv 4, no. 4 (April 2025): 101667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101667.
- Spates, T., and R. A. Krasuski. “Multimodality imaging of right ventricular outflow tract disease in adults with congenital heart disease.” In Cardiac Imaging in Structural Heart Disease Interventions: A Textbook for the Heart Team, 137–54, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50740-3_4.
- Elkin, R. L., M. J. Zdradzinski, and R. A. Krasuski. “Exercise in congenital heart disease.” In Exercise and Sports Cardiology, 2–3:221–65, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1142/q0045.
- Abernethy, A. D., and R. A. Krasuski. “Adult congenital heart disease.” In The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Intensive Review of Internal Medicine: Sixth Edition, 338–40, 2014.
- Siddiqi, Ahmed Kamal, Obaid Ur Rehman, Adeena Jamil, Eeshal Fatima, Zain Ali Nadeem, Muhammad Azhar Chachar, and Richard A. Krasuski. “TRENDS IN TETRALOGY OF FALLOT-RELATED MORTALITY IN US BETWEEN 1999 AND 2020: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY USING THE CDC WONDER DATABASE.” In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 85:730–730, 2025.
- Pinsker, Bret, J. D. Serfas, Jonathan P. Piccini, SR Michael Campbell, Jonathan Kusner, and Richard A. Krasuski. “PREDICTORS OF ARRHYTHMIA RECURRENCE FOLLOWING ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA ABLATION IN REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT.” In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 83:23–23, 2024.
- Pinsker, Bret, J. D. Serfas, Jonathan P Sr Piccini, Michael Campbell, Jonathan Kusner, and Richard A. Krasuski. “CHARACTERIZING AND PREDICTING ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING ATRIAL FLUTTER ABLATION IN REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT.” In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 83:1618–1618, 2024.
Insurance Accepted
Duke Health contracts with most major health insurance carriers and transplant networks, including the ones listed below.
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Aetna
- Aetna Choice POS, Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice HMO, Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Health Network Only, Aetna Health Network Option
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Limited Benefit Insurance PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Assure Plan (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Eagle Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Essential Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Value Plan (HMO)
- Aetna Open Access HMO, Open Access Aetna Select, Aetna Open Access Managed Choice
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- Aetna PCP Coordinated POS Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (QPOS)
- Aetna Select HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice
- Aetna Voluntary Indemnity Group Plan
- Aetna Whole Health – Duke WakeMed WKCC
- Aetna/CVS Health
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Ambetter
- Ambetter of North Carolina
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Blue Advantage
- Blue Medicare (HMO, PPO)*
- Blue Options (123, PPO, HSA)
- Blue Select
- NC State Employees Health Plan
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Cigna
- Cigna Behavioral Health (*Limited eligibility)
- Cigna Choice Plus
- Cigna Connect Individual Family Plan
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access Plus
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*Please call Cigna Behavioral Heath to see if the provider is participating in your plan.
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Duke Group Plans
- Duke Basic
- Duke Select
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Experience Health
- Experience Health Medicare Advantage (HMO) Plan
- Gateway Health Alliance
- Healthgram
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Humana
- Humana Choice (PPO)
- Humana Choice - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana ChoiceCare - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana Gold Choice - Medicare Advantage (PFFS)
- Humana Gold Plus - Medicare Advantage (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage Group Plan - NC State Retirees
- MedCost
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Medicare
- First Medicare Direct
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
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NC Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina
- Carolina Complete Health
- Healthy Blue
- NC Medicaid Direct
- WellCare of North Carolina
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TRICARE
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Prime Remote
- TRICARE Select
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Advantage Plan 2 (HMO-POS)
- AARP Medicare Complete (HMO, PPO)*
- AARP Medicare Complete Essential (HMO)*
- All Savers Alternate Funding
- All Savers Fully Insured
- United Healthcare (HMO, PPO, POS)**
- United Healthcare Charter/Charter Balance/Charter Plus
- United Healthcare Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Core/Core Essential
- United Healthcare Navigate/Navigate Plus/Navigate Balanced
- United Healthcare Option PPO
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Options PPO
- United Healthcare Select/Select Plus
- United Healthcare Shared Services - Harvard Pilgrim/UHC Options PPO Network
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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External Relationships
- Adult Congenital Heart Association
- Gradient Denervation Technologies
- Liquidia Technologies, Inc
- Medtronic
- Merck Pharma
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.