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Christiaan Barnard. Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. [1][2] On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky who ...
First Heart and Lung Transplant. Brenda Barber. 1984 - UK's first successful heart and lung transplant. 1984. 10 years. First human hand transplant. Earl Owen and Jean-Michel Dubernard. Clint Hallam. The transplanted hand was removed at request of recipient after about two and a half years on February 2, 2001.
The world's first successful pig-to-human heart transplant was performed in January 2022 by surgeon Bartley P. Griffith of USA. [15] The world's first human-to-human heart transplant was performed by South African cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard utilizing the techniques developed by American surgeons Norman Shumway and Richard Lower.
Spouse. Ann Sklar. Louis Joshua Washkansky (12 April 1912 [1] – 21 December 1967) was a South African man who was the recipient of the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, and the first patient to regain consciousness following the operation. [2] Washkansky lived for 18 days and was able to speak with his wife and reporters. [3][4][5]
Known for. Donor in the world's first successful human heart transplant. Denise Darvall (27 February 1942 – 3 December 1967) [1] was the donor in the world's first successful human heart transplant, performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa, by a team of surgeons led by Christiaan Barnard.
Four decades after being diagnosed with a serious heart condition and given just six months to live, Bert Janssen has set a Guinness World Record as the longest-surviving transplant patient. “I ...
Two years later, he performed a heart transplant on John McCafferty, who survived for more than 33 years, until 10 February 2016 and became recognised as the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient by the Guinness World Records in 2013, [22] surpassing the previous Guinness World Record of 30 years, 11 months and 10 days set by an ...
Longest surviving heart transplant recipient 2005 (25 years) Derrick Morris (24 March 1930 – 30 July 2005) was, at the time of his death, Europe's longest-surviving heart transplant recipient, living 25 years after the transplant performed by Sir Magdi Yacoub in 1980. He died from an illness that was not heart or transplant related.