Christiaan Barnard successfully performed the first ever human heart transplant in 1967 on a patient with end-stage heart failure, using another human heart. The patient did not live very long, however, the surgery itself was a success and he made heart transplant history. Dr. Barnard used the techniques that were developed by Norman Shumway of Stanford University. A year later in the US, Dr. Shumway performed the first adult human-to-human heart transplant in 1968.
> Christiaan Barnard successfully performed the first ever human heart transplant in 1967 on a patient with end-stage heart failure, using another human heart. The patient did not live very long, however, the surgery itself was a success and he made heart transplant history. Dr. Barnard used the techniques that were developed by Norman Shumway of Stanford University. A year later in the US, Dr. Shumway performed the first adult human-to-human heart transplant in 1968.
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