Karen L. Swanson, D.O.

  1. Critical Care Specialist
  2. Internist
  3. Pulmonologist
  1. Low SW, Mullon JJ, Swanson KL, Kern RM, Nelson DR, Fernandez-Bussy S, Sakata KK. Feasibility and Efficacy of a Non-Opioid Based Pain Management After Medical Thoracoscopy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2023 Oct 1; 30 (4):321-327 Epub 2023 Oct 01
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  2. Cajigas HR, Burger CD, Cartin-Ceba R, DuBrock H, Swanson K, Vargas HE, Keaveny AP, Watt KD, Krowka M. Portopulmonary Hypertension in Nontransplanted Patients: Results of the Largest US Single-Institution Registry. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Dec; 97 (12):2236-2247 Epub 2022 Nov 03
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  3. Low SW, Swanson KL, Lee JZ, Tan MC, Cartin-Ceba R, Sakata KK, Maldonado F. Complications of Endobronchial Valve Placement for Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction: Insights From the Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE). J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2022 Jul 1; 29 (3):206-212 Epub 2022 Apr 25
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  4. Ernani V, Du L, Ross HJ, Yi JE, Wampfler JA, Schild SE, Xie H, Swanson KL, Tazelaar HD, Yang P. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and paraneoplastic neurological syndrome associated with long-term survival in limited stage small-cell lung cancer. Thorac Cancer. 2022 Apr; 13 (7):925-933 Epub 2022 Feb 23
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  5. Mesbah Z, Low SW, Swanson KL. 58-Year-Old Woman With Cough and Dyspnea. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Mar; 97 (3):609-613
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  6. Cartin-Ceba R, Burger C, Swanson K, Vargas H, Aqel B, Keaveny AP, Heimbach J, Taner T, Nyberg S, Rosen C, Cajigas H, DuBrock H, Krowka MJ. Clinical Outcomes After Liver Transplantation in Patients With Portopulmonary Hypertension. Transplantation. 2021 Oct 1; 105 (10):2283-2290
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  7. Abia-Trujillo D, Johnson MM, Patel NM, Hazelett B, Edell ES, Kern RM, Midthun D, Reisenauer J, Nelson D, Mullon JJ, Sakata KK, Swanson K, Fernandez-Bussy S. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction: A New Hope for Patients With Severe Emphysema and Air Trapping. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Feb; 96 (2):464-472 Epub 2020 Aug 20
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  8. Low SW, Swanson KL, McCain JD, Sen A, Kawashima A, Pasha SF. Gastric ischemia and portal vein thrombosis in a COVID-19-infected patient. Endoscopy. 2020 Dec; 52 (12):E465-E466 Epub 2020 Sept 02
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  9. Low SW, Swanson KL, Vaszar LT, Beamer SE, Sakata KK. Bonastent for the Treatment of a Benign Central Airway Obstruction and Persistent Air Leak in a Pediatric Patient. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Apr; 27 (2):e33-e38
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  10. Butt YM, Smith ML, Tazelaar HD, Vaszar LT, Swanson KL, Cecchini MJ, Boland JM, Bois MC, Boyum JH, Froemming AT, Khoor A, Mira-Avendano I, Patel A, Larsen BT. Pathology of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury. N Engl J Med 2019 Oct 31; 381 (18):1780-1781 Epub 2019 Oct 02
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  11. Iyer VN, Saberi B, Heimbach JK, Larson JJ, Raghavaiah S, Ditah I, Swanson K, Kamath PS, Watt KD, Taner T, Krowka MJ, Leise MD. Liver Transplantation Trends and Outcomes for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in the United States. Transplantation. 2019 Jul; 103 (7):1418-1424
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  12. Vaszar LT, Larsen BT, Swanson KL, Ryu JH, Tazelaar HD. Diagnostic utility of surgical lung biopsies in elderly patients with indeterminate interstitial lung disease. Respirology. 2018 May; 23 (5):507-511 Epub 2017 Nov 27
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  13. Nokes BT, Vaszar L, Jahanyar J, Swanson KL. VV-ECMO-Assisted High-Risk Endobronchial Stenting as Rescue for Asphyxiating Mediastinal Mass. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2018 Apr; 25 (2):144-147
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  14. Iyer VN, Apala DR, Pannu BS, Kotecha A, Brinjikji W, Leise MD, Kamath PS, Misra S, Begna KH, Cartin-Ceba R, DuBrock HM, Krowka MJ, O'Brien EK, Pruthi RK, Schroeder DR, Swanson KL. Intravenous Bevacizumab for Refractory Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia-Related Epistaxis and Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Feb; 93 (2):155-166 Epub 2018 Jan 24
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  15. Iyer VN, Brinjikji W, Apala D, Pannu BS, Kotecha A, Leise MD, Kamath PS, Misra S, Lanzino G, Krowka MJ, Wood CP, Swanson KL. Impact of Age on Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Adv Hematol. 2018; 2018:4798425 Epub 2018 Feb 11
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  16. Nokes BT, Brighton AM, Larsen BT, Panse PM, Beamer SE, Cartin-Ceba R, Swanson KL. Pneumocytic adenomyoepithelioma: A case providing support for the benignity of this extremely rare pulmonary neoplasm. Respir Med Case Rep. 2018; 24:40-43 Epub 2018 Mar 29
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  17. Williams K, Swanson K. Bronchoscopic Removal of an Obstructing Broncholith. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jul 20; 377 (3):e4
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  18. Nokes BT, Baumann CP, Cummings KW, Larsen BT, Cartin-Ceba R, Swanson KL. Intrathoracic ganglioneuroma presenting as an endobronchial mass. Respir Med Case Rep. 2017; 22:209-211 Epub 2017 Aug 24
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  19. Iyer VN, Brinjikji W, Pannu BS, Apala DR, Lanzino G, Cloft HJ, Misra S, Krowka MJ, Wood CP, Swanson KL. Effect of Center Volume on Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Dec; 91 (12):1753-1760 Epub 2016 Nov 01
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  20. Brinjikji W, Wood CP, Lanzino G, Cloft HJ, Misra S, Kallmes DF, Kamath P, Pruthi RK, Krowka MJ, Swanson KL, Iyer VN. High Rates of Bleeding Complications among Hospitalized Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in the United States. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Sep; 13 (9):1505-11
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  21. Brinjikji W, Iyer VN, Yamaki V, Lanzino G, Cloft HJ, Thielen KR, Swanson KL, Wood CP. Neurovascular Manifestations of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: A Consecutive Series of 376 Patients during 15 Years. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 Aug; 37 (8):1479-86 Epub 2016 Mar 24
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  22. Sakata KK, Gotway MB, Smith ML, Parish JM, Agrwal N, Karlin NJ, Swanson KL. Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Diagnosed With Endobronchial Biopsies: A Case Report and Literature Review. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2016 Apr; 23 (2):168-73
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  23. Lyle MA, Fenstad ER, McGoon MD, Frantz RP, Krowka MJ, Kane GC, Swanson KL. Pulmonary Hypertension in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Chest. 2016 Feb; 149 (2):362-371 Epub 2016 Jan 12
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  24. Panse PM, Jensen EA, Cummings KW, Jokerst CE, Swanson KL, Gotway MB. An unusual disorder involving the central nervous system and the thorax Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 2016; 23: (6)278-81.
  25. Swanson KL, Panse PM, Jensen EA, Cummings KW, Gotway MB. "Corner shot": an incidentally detected thoracic lesion at abdominal imaging. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 2015; 22(4):199-202.
  26. Pawlikowska L, Nelson J, Guo DE, McCulloch CE, Lawton MT, Young WL, Kim H, Faughnan ME, Brain Vascular Malformation Consortium HHT Investigator Group (Swanson KL). The ACVRL1 c.314-35A>G Polymorphism is Associated with Organ Vascular Malformations in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Patients with ENG Mutations, but not in Patients with ACVRL1 Mutations. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2015; 167(6):1262-1267.
  27. Singh S, Swanson KL, Hathcock MA, Kremers WK, Pallanch JF, Krowka MJ, Kamath PS. Identifying the presence of clinically significant hepatic involvement in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia using a simple clinical scoring index. J Hepatol. 2014 Jul; 61(1):124-31. Epub 2014 Mar 06.
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  28. Latino GA, Kim H, Nelson J, Pawlikowska L, Young W, Faughnan ME, Brain Vascular Malformation Consortium HHT Investigator Group(Swanson KL). Severity Score for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2014; 29(9):188.
  29. Cheng, KH, Mariampillai A, Lee KK, Vuong B, Luk TW, Ramjist J, Curtis A, Jakubovic H, Kertes P, Letarte M, Faughnan ME, Brain Vascular Malformation Consortium HHT Investigator Group(Swanson KL). Histogram Flow Mapping with Optical Coherence Tomography for in vivo Skin Angiography of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. J Biomed Opt. 2014; 19(8):086015.
  30. Cartin-Ceba R, Swanson KL, Krowka MJ. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Chest. 2013 Sep; 144 (3):1033-1044
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  31. Iyer VN, Swanson KL, Cartin-Ceba R, Dierkhising RA, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Wiesner RH, Krowka MJ. Hepatopulmonary syndrome: favorable outcomes in the MELD exception era. Hepatology. 2013 Jun; 57: (6)2427-35.
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  32. Wain K, Swanson K, Watson W, Jeavons E, Weaver A, Lindor N. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and risks for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Aug; 158A (8):2009-14 Epub 2012 June 18
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  33. Talwalkar JA, Swanson KL, Krowka MJ, Andrews JC, Kamath PS. Prevalence of spontaneous portosystemic shunts in patients with portopulmonary hypertension and effect on treatment. Gastroenterology. 2011 Nov; 141 (5):1673-9 Epub 2011 June 30
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  34. Faughnan ME, Palda VA, Garcia-Tsao G, Geisthoff UW, McDonald J, Proctor DD, Spears J, Brown DH, Buscarini E, Chesnutt MS, Cottin V, Ganguly A, Gossage JR, Guttmacher AE, Hyland RH, Kennedy SJ, Korzenik J, Mager JJ, Ozanne AP, Piccirillo JF, Picus D, Plauchu H, Porteous ME, Pyeritz RE, Ross DA, Sabba C, Swanson K, Terry P, Wallace MC, Westermann CJ, White RI, Young LH, Zarrabeitia R, HHT Foundation International - Guidelines Working Group. International guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. J Med Genet. 2011 Feb; 48(2):73-87. Epub 2009 Jun 23.
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  35. Cartin-Ceba R, Swanson K, Iyer V, Wiesner RH, Krowka MJ. Safety and efficacy of ambrisentan for the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension. Chest. 2011 Jan; 139: (1)109-14.
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  36. Defranchi SA, Edell ES, Daniels CE, Prakash UB, Swanson KL, Utz JP, Allen MS, Cassivi SD, Deschamps C, Nichols FC 3rd, Shen KR, Wigle DA. Mediastinoscopy in patients with lung cancer and negative endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec; 90 (6):1753-7
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  37. Swanson KL, Wiesner RH, Nyberg SL, Rosen CB, Krowka MJ. Survival in portopulmonary hypertension: Mayo Clinic experience categorized by treatment subgroups. Am J Transplant. 2008 Nov; 8 (11):2445-53 Epub 2008 Sept 08
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  38. Kumar N, Boeve BF, Cowl CT, Ellison JW, Kamath PS, Swanson KL. Hypermanganesemia, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, brain abscess: the hepatic connection. Neurology. 2008 Sep 30; 71(14):1118-9.
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  39. Swanson KL, Utz JP, Krowka MJ. Doppler echocardiography-right heart catheterization relationships in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and suspected pulmonary hypertension. Med Sci Monit. 2008 Apr; 14(4):CR177-82.
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  40. Swanson KL, Krowka MJ. Screen for portopulmonary hypertension, especially in liver transplant candidates. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Feb; 75 (2):121-2, 125-30, 133 passim
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  41. Siddiki H, Doherty MG, Fletcher JG, Stanson AW, Vrtiska TJ, Hough DM, Fidler JL, McCollough CH, Swanson KL. Abdominal findings in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: pictorial essay on 2D and 3D findings with isotropic multiphase CT. Radiographics. 2008 Jan-Feb; 28: (1)171-84.
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  42. Swanson KL, Edell ES, Prakash UBS, Brutinel WM, Midthun DE, Utz JP. Complications of metal stent therapy in benign airway obstruction. J Bronchol. 2007 Apr 14; 14(2):90-4.
  43. Ryu JH, Krowka MJ, Pellikka PA, Swanson KL, McGoon MD. Pulmonary hypertension in patients with interstitial lung diseases. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Mar; 82(3):342-50.
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  44. Krowka MJ, Swanson KL, Frantz RP, McGoon MD, Wiesner RH. Portopulmonary hypertension: Results from a 10-year screening algorithm. Hepatology. 2006 Dec; 44 (6):1502-10
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  45. Afessa B, Hubmayr RD, Vetter EA, Keegan MT, Swanson KL, Baddour LM, Cockerill FR 3rd, Peters SG. Bronchoscopy in ventilator-associated pneumonia: agreement of calibrated loop and serial dilution. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jun 1; 173 (11):1229-32 Epub 2006 Mar 09
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  46. Parambil JG, Knight MZ, Deschamps C, Swanson KL. Synchronous bilateral lung carcinoid tumors diagnosed by flexible bronchoscopy. Journal of Bronchology. 2006; 13(3):144-6.
  47. Nadrous HF, Pellikka PA, Krowka MJ, Swanson KL, Chaowalit N, Decker PA, Ryu JH. The impact of pulmonary hypertension on survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Chest. 2005 Dec; 128(6 Suppl):616S-617S.
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  48. Nadrous HF, Pellikka PA, Krowka MJ, Swanson KL, Chaowalit N, Decker PA, Ryu JH. Pulmonary hypertension in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Chest. 2005 Oct; 128 (4):2393-9
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  49. Swanson KL, Wiesner RH, Krowka MJ. Natural history of hepatopulmonary syndrome: Impact of liver transplantation. Hepatology. 2005 May; 41: (5)1122-9.
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  50. Barnes TW, Afessa B, Swanson KL, Lim KG. The clinical utility of flexible bronchoscopy in the evaluation of chronic cough. Chest. 2004 Jul; 126: (1)268-72.
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  51. Swanson KL. Airway foreign bodies: What's new? Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 2004; 25(4):405-11.
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  52. Swanson KL, Prakash UBS, McDougall JC, Midthun DE, Edell ES, Brutinel WM, Utz JP. Airway foreign bodies in adults. Journal of Bronchology. 2003; 10(2):107-11.
  53. Meehan AM, Virk A, Swanson K, Poeschla EM. Severe pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis 8 years after emigration from a region of endemicity. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 01; 35: (1)87-90.
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  54. Swanson KL, Krowka MJ. Arterial oxygenation associated with portopulmonary hypertension. Chest. 2002 Jun; 121 (6):1869-75
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  55. Swanson KL, Prakash UB, Midthun DE, Edell ES, Utz JP, McDougall JC, Brutinel WM. Flexible bronchoscopic management of airway foreign bodies in children. Chest. 2002 May; 121 (5):1695-700
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  56. Swanson KL, Johnson CM, Prakash UB, McKusick MA, Andrews JC, Stanson AW. Bronchial artery embolization : experience with 54 patients. Chest. 2002 Mar; 121 (3):789-95
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  57. Swanson KL, Prakash UBS, Midthun DE, Edell ES, Utz JP, McDougall JC, Brutinel WM. Clinical characteristics in suspected tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration in children. Journal of Bronchology. 2002; 9(4):276-80.
  58. Swanson KL, Edell ES. Tracheobronchial foreign bodies. Chest Surg Clin N Am. 2001 Nov; 11(4):861-72.
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  59. Swanson KL, Prakash UB, Stanson AW. Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas: Mayo Clinic experience, 1982-1997. Mayo Clin Proc. 1999 Jul; 74 (7):671-80
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  60. Swanson KL, Litin SC. 72-year old man with anemia and abdominal pain. Mayo Clin Proc. 1998 Mar; 73 (3):275-8
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