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he road to successful heart transplants was a bit of a rocky one. The first heart transplant was conducted in 1964 when a monkey heart was placed in the chest of a dying man. This, of course, raised a great number of ethical considerations. Unfortunately, the man's life was only prolonged for about 90 minutes, but the procedure set the stage for future operations between humans. The first intra-human operation was performed in 1967 with a heart from a brain-dead donor. The patient lived only 18 days before succumbing to pneumonia.

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The first heart transplant was perfomed in 1991 true or false?

False. The first heart transplant into a human was performed in 1964, when a dying man received a chimpanzee heart. The first transplant of a human heart to another human was performed in 1967.


Was there a Monkey head transplant?

No -- there has never been a head transplant.


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What man perferomend the first human heart transplant?

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A person approved for heart transplantation is placed on the heart transplant waiting list of a heart transplant center.


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What made Christiaan Barnard famous?

The reason Cristiaan Barnard is famous is because he was the first person to perform a heart transplant.


Was the world's first heart transplant done in South Arfrica?

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What percentage does your heart have to be at to get a heart transplant?

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