Recovery after a TAVI

[Wurliwonder]

I had a successful TAVI procedure on 28th May this year and was discharged from hospital the following day with a paper bag containing medication but no information about how to aid recovery, how long before I could drive or lift any weight or what that weight limit might be. I live on my own with no family support so some light lifting is essential or I can't eat.

Should the hospital have provided me with at least a leaflet about recovery?

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

The BHF produce a pamphlet about TAVI which should have lots of useful information for you.

bhf.org.uk/informationsuppo...

including recovery. BHF leaflets were routinely available in cardiac clinics before the pandemic, They disappeared because of the threat of infection and never really reappeared. I attend quite a few clinics and empty racks waiting for leaflets are common. Yiu cannot drive for at least four weeks. Mick Jagger was fully recovered tin three months after a TAVI in 2020.

The BHF Nurses are also available to talk to weekdays 9am to 5pm, telephone .[phone] (freephone).