<i>The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation</i> (IMAGE)

Elsevier

<i>The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation</i>

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The world's first human heart transplant was performed at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town by the South African surgeon, Christiaan Barnard. This is the first photograph of the surgical team taken on the afternoon of Sunday, December 3, 1967.

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Credit: David K.C. Cooper

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