Why choose us
Southampton's Cardiac Surgery unit is a nationally-recognised centre for performing specialist heart operations and surgery.
Surgeons have developed expertise in procedures which are rarely carried out elsewhere in the UK, particularly in the field of grown-up congenital heart patients.
The unit delivers excellent results, with mortality rates significantly lower than the national average and high levels of success.
The fact that the Cardiac Surgery theatres are just minutes from the specialist Cardiac Intensive Care Unit means patients benefit from high levels of care all on the same site.
Consultants across the Cardiothoracic department work closely with each other to share experience and knowledge.
The Wessex Cardiac Unit is now one of the Trust's key defining services – which means it is being developed into a global centre of excellence treating more and more patients from outside the Wessex area.
Already the unit takes patients from Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight – as well as more unusual cases from further afield such as Bristol, Birmingham and even Northern Ireland.