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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance

BACKGROUND: The indications, complexity and capabilities of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have rapidly expanded. Whether actual service provision and training have developed in parallel is unknown. METHODS: We undertook a systematic telephone and postal survey of all public hospitals on be...

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Autores principales: Antony, Renjith, Daghem, Marwa, McCann, Gerry P, Daghem, Safa, Moon, James, Pennell, Dudley J, Neubauer, Stefan, Dargie, Henry J, Berry, Colin, Payne, John, Petrie, Mark C, Hawkins, Nathaniel M
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-57
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author Antony, Renjith
Daghem, Marwa
McCann, Gerry P
Daghem, Safa
Moon, James
Pennell, Dudley J
Neubauer, Stefan
Dargie, Henry J
Berry, Colin
Payne, John
Petrie, Mark C
Hawkins, Nathaniel M
author_facet Antony, Renjith
Daghem, Marwa
McCann, Gerry P
Daghem, Safa
Moon, James
Pennell, Dudley J
Neubauer, Stefan
Dargie, Henry J
Berry, Colin
Payne, John
Petrie, Mark C
Hawkins, Nathaniel M
author_sort Antony, Renjith
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description BACKGROUND: The indications, complexity and capabilities of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have rapidly expanded. Whether actual service provision and training have developed in parallel is unknown. METHODS: We undertook a systematic telephone and postal survey of all public hospitals on behalf of the British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance to identify all CMR providers within the United Kingdom. RESULTS: Of the 60 CMR centres identified, 88% responded to a detailed questionnaire. Services are led by cardiologists and radiologists in equal proportion, though the majority of current trainees are cardiologists. The mean number of CMR scans performed annually per centre increased by 44% over two years. This trend was consistent across centres of different scanning volumes. The commonest indication for CMR was assessment of heart failure and cardiomyopathy (39%), followed by coronary artery disease and congenital heart disease. There was striking geographical variation in CMR availability, numbers of scans performed, and distribution of trainees. Centres without on site scanning capability refer very few patients for CMR. Just over half of centres had a formal training programme, and few performed regular audit. CONCLUSION: The number of CMR scans performed in the UK has increased dramatically in just two years. Trainees are mainly located in large volume centres and enrolled in cardiology as opposed to radiology training programmes.
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spelling pubmed-31988802011-10-23 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance Antony, Renjith Daghem, Marwa McCann, Gerry P Daghem, Safa Moon, James Pennell, Dudley J Neubauer, Stefan Dargie, Henry J Berry, Colin Payne, John Petrie, Mark C Hawkins, Nathaniel M J Cardiovasc Magn Reson Research BACKGROUND: The indications, complexity and capabilities of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have rapidly expanded. Whether actual service provision and training have developed in parallel is unknown. METHODS: We undertook a systematic telephone and postal survey of all public hospitals on behalf of the British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance to identify all CMR providers within the United Kingdom. RESULTS: Of the 60 CMR centres identified, 88% responded to a detailed questionnaire. Services are led by cardiologists and radiologists in equal proportion, though the majority of current trainees are cardiologists. The mean number of CMR scans performed annually per centre increased by 44% over two years. This trend was consistent across centres of different scanning volumes. The commonest indication for CMR was assessment of heart failure and cardiomyopathy (39%), followed by coronary artery disease and congenital heart disease. There was striking geographical variation in CMR availability, numbers of scans performed, and distribution of trainees. Centres without on site scanning capability refer very few patients for CMR. Just over half of centres had a formal training programme, and few performed regular audit. CONCLUSION: The number of CMR scans performed in the UK has increased dramatically in just two years. Trainees are mainly located in large volume centres and enrolled in cardiology as opposed to radiology training programmes. BioMed Central 2011-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3198880/ /pubmed/21978669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-57 Text en Copyright ©2011 Antony et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research
Antony, Renjith
Daghem, Marwa
McCann, Gerry P
Daghem, Safa
Moon, James
Pennell, Dudley J
Neubauer, Stefan
Dargie, Henry J
Berry, Colin
Payne, John
Petrie, Mark C
Hawkins, Nathaniel M
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
title Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
title_full Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
title_fullStr Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
title_full_unstemmed Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
title_short Cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the United Kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
title_sort cardiovascular magnetic resonance activity in the united kingdom: a survey on behalf of the british society of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-57
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