Online Discussion on Adult CHD to be held October 2

Next Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 12 noon (EST) Cleveland Clinic will host an online health chat on Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

During this chat, Dr. Richard Krasuski, Director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease Services and a staff cardiologist in the Section of Clinical Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute, explores the treatment options available for adults living with a congenital heart disease. More information on this chat can be found at http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/ChatReg/Krasuski.html.

Dr. Krasuski's specialty interests include adult congenital heart disease including atrial septal defects, patent foramen ovale, ventricular septal defects, coarctation of the aorta, Ebstein anomaly, Eisenmenger syndrome, transposition of the great arteries, Tetralogy of Fallot and patent ductus arteriosus. He also specializes in pulmonary hypertension, mitral valve disease, cardiac catheterization, transesophageal echocardiography and mitral, aortic and pulmonic valvuloplasty.