Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation is an alternative to open surgical aortic valve replacement.

 

Procedures are undertaken at the Sussex Cardiac Centre, with all necessary back-up facilities, in the cardiac catheter labs.

 

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is usually done from the femoral artery at the top of the leg. This means that cardiopulmonary bypass and an open surgical approach are not required.

 

With TAVI, patients are usually able to leave hospital after 2 days, and are back to full fitness after a month, compared with a three month average recuperation from open surgical aortic valve implantation.