Dr Bashir Alaour

Clinical expertise

Dr Alaour is a consultant cardiologist who specialises in general cardiology and minimally invasive heart valve repair and replacement.

He is an expert in treating the following conditions:

• heart murmurs
• heart valve disease
• aortic stenosis
• mitral regurgitation
• chest pain
• breathlessness
• palpitations

He also offers the following treatments:

• transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
• mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER)
• tricuspid valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER)

Biography

Dr Alaour was awarded the prestigious British Cardiac Intervention Society International Fellowship, through which he trained in structural heart valve intervention at Bern University Hospital, Switzerland, one of the world’s leading centres.

Under the supervision of internationally renowned cardiologists, he gained advanced expertise in TAVI, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair and replacement, and transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation.

Following this fellowship, Dr Alaour returned to the UK to establish and lead the Structural Heart Valve Intervention service at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, working closely with University Hospital Southampton and the Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals, where he performs complex structural interventions.

He is also fully trained in interventional cardiology, including PCI for ischaemic heart disease, and manages a broad spectrum of cardiac conditions. Academically, he holds a PhD from King’s College London and completed a highly competitive British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship.

He pioneered a novel blood-based diagnostic method for early heart attack detection, has published extensively in leading journals, and continues to lead impactful national and international research collaborations.

Research

Dr Alaour holds a PhD in Cardiology from King’s College London and has an outstanding research portfolio spanning both basic science and clinical cardiology. He was selected for the highly competitive British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship, awarded to only a small number of clinician-scientists nationally, through which he completed a prestigious, externally funded research programme.

During this work, he pioneered a novel blood-based diagnostic technique enabling early and highly accurate detection of heart attacks, representing a significant advance in cardiovascular diagnostics.

His clinical research extends to various other critical areas, particularly focusing on the long-term outcomes of TAVI, contributing to evidence-based treatment and management of heart valve disease.

He has published extensively in leading international scientific and clinical cardiology journals and continues to lead and collaborate on clinical research with distinguished national and international experts in the field. His active engagement in clinical research ensures that the latest advancements are integrated into his practice, benefiting his patients.