In Belfast Trust we provide Cardiac Surgery for the whole of Northern Ireland. Serving a population of 1.8 million people, we provide care for both adult and paediatric patients.
Our cardiac surgery department carries out all aspects of heart surgery apart from transplants. Routine procedures include coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve replacement and repair, aortic surgery (to the large artery that supplies the whole body with blood) and resection of tumours invading the heart.
You can find out more about these procedures in the Heart Conditions section.
The unit’s highly-experienced consultants perform around 1,000 cases a year, however we are actively working with the Health and Social Care Board, who commission services, to be able increase our capacity to better meet the need for cardiac surgery in the province. Read about waiting times for surgery