Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI) at Spire Southampton Hospital

Spire Southampton Hospital is a well-established private hospital in the region providing excellent care and treatments to patients.

We offer all the facilities you’d expect from a private hospital. This includes high dependency and intensive treatment units allowing us to treat more complex conditions.

The TAVI procedure is carried out in our Cardiac Catheter Labs which is equipped with advanced medical imaging that can be used to perform minimally-invasive surgery. Following your heart valve replacement surgery, you'll be monitored in our high dependency unit before returning to your own private room.

A cardiologist, cardiac surgeon and anaesthetist will take care of you during your operation. They're supported by nurses, intensive care nurses and physiotherapists who'll monitor your progress closely until you return home.

Complete the enquiry form to book your first consultation at Spire Southampton Hospital or call 023 8168 0752.

We serve the South of England.

We perform aortic valve replacement surgery in our high-quality facilities. We offer some of the latest surgical techniques which may be beneficial to some patients. These include:

• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI) - a less invasive alternative to open heart surgery where the heart valve is replaced with an artificial valve
• Heart valve replacement is also performed using open heart surgery

Getting here

Spire Southampton Hospital is a 10-minute taxi ride from Southampton Central train station or 15 minutes from Southampton International Airport. Free on-site parking is available to patients and visitors, so you can arrange easy transportation right to our door.

Your consultations and diagnostic tests

Before your treatment, you’ll meet your consultant in one of our 18 consultation rooms. All our rooms are accessible, so there’s no need to worry if walking is difficult for you. They’ll ask about your health, symptoms and answer any questions you may have.

You'll need to have several diagnostic tests before surgery to ensure that TAVI is the right procedure for you. These tests include:

• A CT scan of your heart and your arteries
• An angiogram (also known as a cardiac catheterisation) to make sure your coronary arteries are clear and they are not the cause of your symptoms

Both your initial consultation and tests at this stage are charged separately to the cost of any treatment needed.

If you decide to go ahead with treatment, your consultant will advise you about:

• What your personalised treatment and care plan will involve
• Anaesthetic options
• Potential risks and complications and how they apply to you
• Things you can do to help prepare for surgery and to help your recovery