Fiftieth anniversary of the first heart transplantation in Switzerland in the context of the worldwide history of heart transplantation

On 3 December 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplantation in the world at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. In the succeeding months, heart transplantations in the USA, Asia and Europe followed. On 14 April 1969, Åke Senning successfully accomplished the fir...

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Published in:	Swiss Medical Weekly
Main Authors:	Markus J. Wilhelm, Frank Ruschitzka, Andreas J. Flammer, Dominique Bettex, Marko I. Turina, Francesco Maisano
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2020-02-01
Subjects:	heart transplantation 50th anniversary in Switzerland brain death donation after cardiocirculatory determined death cyclosporine rejection
Online Access:	https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2727