Table 1 Service provision and indications for CMR.

Sessions per week (mean ± SD)

4 (4)

Patients per session (mean ± SD)

4 (3)

Number of scans per year (median ± IQR)

• 2008

240 (100-730)

• 2009

300 (100-1000)

• 2010

332 (140-1200)

Inpatient waiting times

• 24 hours

9 (17%)

• 48 hours

13 (25%)

• 2- 5 days

21 (40%)

• 6-10 days

6 (11%)

• > 10 days

1 (2%)

• No inpatient service

1 (2%)

• Unknown

2 (4%)

Outpatient waiting times

• < 2 weeks

4 (8%)

• 2-4 weeks

20 (38%)

• 4-8 weeks

24 (45%)

• > 8 weeks

3 (6%)

• Unknown

2 (4%)

CMR funding

Specific Funding

20/53 (38%)

• Primary care trust

11/20 (55%)

• Scottish Health Board

4/20 (20%)

• Tertiary

2/20 (10%)

• Shared primary care trust and tertiary

3/20 (15%)

No specific funding

33/53 (62%)

Indications for CMR (%)

Coronary artery disease

26

• Viability

71

• Ischaemia

21

• Acute myocardial infarction

8

Heart failure and cardiomyopathy

39

Congenital heart disease

19

Acquired vascular diseases

4

Valvular heart diseases

4

Pericardial disease

4

Cardiac transplantation

< 1

Others (Tumours, chemotherapy)

4