The first heart transplant recipient only lived for 18 days. Now they live for many years.
You gotta start somewhere...
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“The first heart transplant recipient only lived for 18 days. Now they live for many years.
You gotta start somewhere...”
The first recorded heart transplant took place at University of Mississippi medical center in 1964.
The doctors transplanted a chimpanzee heart into a human. The heart beat for 90 minutes before failing.
https://www.umc.edu/Healthcare/Transplant/Heart%20Transplant/Heart%20Transplant.html#:~:text=In%201964%2C%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20first%20heart%20transplant%20was,set%20the%20stage%20for%20all%20future%20heart%20transplantation.
The more successful human to human transplant took place in South Africa’s Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town by Dr Christiaan Barnard in 1967. The patient, Mr Louis Washkansky, a 53 year old Lithuanian living in South Africa, was the recipient and did indeed live for 18 days. The Washkansky family was grateful for the extra days of life given to their loved one.
Life expectancy for heart transplant patients is now 10 years on average.
We’ve come a long way baby!