Marius barnard autobiography of miss

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    Christiaan Barnard—The surgeon who dared: The story of the first human-to-human heart transplant

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    In , we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first human heart transplant that had been carried out by the South African surgeon, Christiaan (‘Chris’) Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on December 3rd, The daring operation and the charismatic surgeon received immense public attention around the world. The patient’s progress was covered by the world’s media on an almost hourly basis. Although the patient, Mr. Louis Washansky, died after only 18 days, Barnard soon carried out a second transplant, and this patient led an active life for almost 19 months. Remarkably, Barnard’s fifth and sixth patients lived for almost 13 and 24 years, respectively. Barnard subsequently introduced the operation of heterotopic heart transplantation in which the donor heart acted as an auxiliary pump, with some advantages in that early era. It took great courage to carry out the firs

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    Christiaan Barnard

    South African cardiac surgeon (–)

    "Chris Barnard" redirects here. For other uses, see Chris Barnard (disambiguation).

    Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8&#;November &#;&#; 2&#;September ) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.[1][2] On 3 December , Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of year-old Louis Washkansky, who regained full consciousness and was able to talk easily with his wife, before dying 18 days later of pneumonia, largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system.[3][4][5][6] Barnard had told Mr. and Mrs. Washkansky that the operation had an 80% chance of success, an assessment which has been criticised as misleading.[7][8][9] Barnard's second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, whose operation was performed at

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    Descripción larga: Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November &#x; 2 September ) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December , Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of year-old Louis Washkansky, with Washkansky regaining full consciousness and being able to talk easily with his wife, before dying eighteen days later of pneumonia, largely brought on bygd the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system. Barnard had told Mr. and Mrs. Washkansky that the operation had an 80% chance of success, an assessment which has been criticised as misleading. Barnard's second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, whose operation was p

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