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Thirty times more people are waiting over six months for cardiac surgery than a year ago, according to analysis by British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland.

Medicines can help prevent or treat heart conditions, like high blood pressure, angina, heart attack and heart failure. They’re also used to keep symptoms under control. Some people take medicine for a short time and others may need to take it for longer.

Find out why a slow and steady approach can be the most effective for lasting weight loss.

Get our quick guide to treatments for coronary heart and circulatory disease like angioplasty and bypass surgery, what they involve and how long they last.

Our new report sets out a blueprint for heart failure services to respond by building back better, with the right care and support provided so that people can live well with heart failure for longer.

Last week’s emergency mini-Budget was a missed opportunity for heart patients, failing to provide reassurance that the NHS will be there for them when they need it, and to recognise that the health of the nation is vitally important to our economic prosperity.

We look at research that suggests that eating an avocado a week cuts the risk of coronary heart disease by up to a fifth.

Learn how to reduce cholesterol through your diet. Learn what foods lower cholesterol and how you can add them to your diet.

Get our quick guide to pacemakers, ICDs, and ablations, which are used to treat heart rhythm problems. Find out what the treatments involve and how long they last.

For the first time researchers that we part-fund have used Artificial Intelligence to predict outcomes for heart patients using MRI scans, enabling doctors to find the best treatments for individual patients.