Cardiac Care
Procedure Emergency cases* Urgent cases* Scheduled cases*
Initial specialist consult Immediate to 24 h Within 7 days Within 6 weeks
Diagnostic procedures (diagnostic catheterization) Immediate to 48 h Within 3 days Within 6 weeks
Therapeutic services and procedures
Angioplasty Immediate to 48 h Within 7 days Within 6 weeks
Bypass surgery Immediate to 48 h Within 14 days Within 6 weeks
Valvular surgery Immediate to 24 h Within 14 days Within 6 weeks
Heart failure services Immediate to 24 h Within 14 days Within 6 weeks
Pacemaker Within 3 days Within 14 days Within 6 weeks
Referral to electrophysiologist Not applicable Within 30 days Within 3 months
Electrophysiology testing/catheter ablation Not applicable Within 14 days Within 3 months
ICD Within 3 days Not applicable Within 8 weeks
Cardiac rehabilitation Immediate Within 7 days Within 30 days

ICD = implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

* Only a sample of services and procedures are shown. More comprehensive wait-time benchmarks and urgency categories are provided in the body of the report.

** Priority or urgency levels are defined as follows:

  • Emergency = immediate danger to life, limb or organ;
  • Urgent = situation that is unstable and has the potential to deteriorate quickly and result in an emergency admission;
  • Scheduled = situation involving minimal pain, dysfunction or disability (also called "routine" or "elective").

Note: Unless specified, time refers to calendar days between decision to treat by specialist and the day treatment is received.

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