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Chris Barnard is best known for performing the world's first successful heart transplant on December 3, 1967, in Cape Town, South Africa. This groundbreaking procedure involved transplanting a heart from a deceased donor into a 53-year-old patient, Louis Washkansky, who survived for 18 days post-surgery. Barnard's work revolutionized cardiac surgery and opened the door for future organ transplants.

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