Forty years ago, the UK’s first successful heart transplant was carried out at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire. BHF-funded research helped to pave the way for this – but the story isn’t over. Read how we’re still helping to save lives.
First human heart transplant: The first human heart transplant was carried out on December 3 by a South African surgeon called Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town. The patient, Louis Washkansky (pictured), survived for 18 days. However, Dr Barnard’s second patient a month later, Philip Blaaiberg, lived for nearly two years
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