Louis Joshua Washkansky (12 April 1912 – 21 December 1967) was a South African man who was the recipient of the world's first human-to-human heart transplant...
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heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky who regained full consciousness and was able to talk easily with his...
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University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. The museum opened on December 3, 2007, marking the 40th anniversary...
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explained that there was a man in the hospital they might be able to help (Louis Washkansky), and asked Edward if he would consider allowing them to transplant...
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first human-to-human heart transplant on December 3, 1967. The patient Louis Washkansky did regain consciousness, and lived for 18 days before dying of pneumonia...
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University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur is the chief academic hospital of the University of...
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Patient Louis Washkansky received this transplant on December 3, 1967, at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Washkansky, however...
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recipient of the first heart transplant, which was taken from a chimpanzee Louis Washkansky, 1967 recipient of the first human heart transplant David Bennett Sr...
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Shumway and Richard Lower. Barnard performed the first transplant on Louis Washkansky on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Adrian Kantrowitz...
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others, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the nine-hour operation on Louis Washkansky, a 55-year-old man suffering from diabetes and heart disease. With...
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