Wilton van Klei, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures Covid-19 Left Ventricular Dysfunction Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Mortality Sex Differences Socioeconomic Factors Surgical Wait Time

Latest papers

Association of Preoperative Echocardiographic Right Ventricular Systolic Function With Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Anesthesia and analgesia · 2026 · senior author
Prothrombin complex concentrate use in liver transplantation: an international survey of current practices.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026
Intraoperative Hypotension in Patients Having Major Noncardiac Surgery Under General Anesthesia: A Systematic Review of Blood Pressure Optimization Strategies.
Anesthesia and analgesia · 2025

All 7 publications

Latest funding

The indirect impact of COVID-19 on cardiac function and associated outcomes in patients awaiting cardiac surgery: An opportunity to inform data-driven surgical wait list management
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$411,126

All 1 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Association of Preoperative Echocardiographic Right Ventricular Systolic Function With Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Alavi N, Bartoszko J, Karkouti K, Wijeysundera HC, Chung J, Mathis MR, Mashari A, Salvatori M, Vegas A, Van Klei W

Anesthesia and analgesia2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000007931 PMID: 42607294

02

Prothrombin complex concentrate use in liver transplantation: an international survey of current practices.

Kojundzic I, Alavi N, Karkouti K, Callum J, Bieze M, Luzzi C, Shwaartz C, van Klei W, McCluskey SA, Bartoszko J

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03088-5 PMID: 41922676

03

Intraoperative Hypotension in Patients Having Major Noncardiac Surgery Under General Anesthesia: A Systematic Review of Blood Pressure Optimization Strategies.

Lee S, Islam N, Ladha KS, van Klei W, Wijeysundera DN

Anesthesia and analgesia2025

DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000007074 PMID: 38870081

04

The association of right ventricular function with outcomes after cardiac surgery: a systematic review.

Alavi N, Van Klei W, Agyei K, Zabida A, Abraha M, Salvatori M, Mashari A, Bartoszko J

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02898-9 PMID: 39939498

05

Association of Intraoperative Hypotension With Delayed Graft Function Following Kidney Transplant: A Single Centre Retrospective Cohort Study.

Sicova M, McGinn R, Emerson S, Perez P, Gonzalez R, Li Y, Famure O, Randall I, Mina DS, Santema M, Wijeysundera DN, Van Klei W, Kim SJ, McCluskey SA

Clinical transplantation2024

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70000 PMID: 39460628

06

Intraoperative hypotension and the risk of acute kidney injury following liver transplantation.

Caragata R, Emerson S, Santema ML, Selzner N, Sapisochin G, Wang S, Huszti E, Van Klei W, McCluskey SA

Clinical transplantation2023

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15053 PMID: 37350742

07

Improved Re-estimation of Perioperative Cardiac Risk Using the Surgical Apgar Score: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Daza JF, Bartoszko J, Van Klei W, Ladha KS, McCluskey SA, Wijeysundera DN

Annals of surgery2023

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005509 PMID: 35801710

The indirect impact of COVID-19 on cardiac function and associated outcomes in patients awaiting cardiac surgery: An opportunity to inform data-driven surgical wait list management

Nominated PICIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: van Klei, Wilton A; Bartoszko, Justyna; Sun, Louise

Keywords: Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Covid-19; Left Ventricular Dysfunction; Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; Mortality; Sex Differences; Socioeconomic Factors; Surgical Wait Time

$411,126

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Pathology and Molecular Medicine
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