The history of heart surgery, spanning only 100 years to date, has seen some of the most
daring and persistent men and women in all of medical history. Many aspects of heart …

D uring the past decade heart transplantation has evolved from an experimental procedure
performed in selected centers to the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage heart …

The first human-to-human heart transplant was performed 50 years ago in 1967. Heart
transplantation has now entered an era of tremendous growth and innovation. The future of …

The development of heart transplantation as a clinical tool for the treatment of heart failure
necessitated the contributions of scientists and clinicians whose work has taken …

Barnard's first human heart transplantation in 1967 has paved the channel to numerous
extensive researches and clinical experiences, mostly from the Stanford group, on …

Cardiac transplantation: the alternate list and expansion of... : Current Opinion in Cardiology
Cardiac transplantation: the alternate list and expansion of the donor pool : Current Opinion …

Sixty years of animal experimentation with cardiac transplantation14 preceded the first
successful canine orthotopic transplants reported by Lower and Shumway in 1960.” The …

JANUARY 1988 will mark the 20th anniversary of the performance of the first human cardiac
transplant in the United States by Dr Norman Shumway, following nearly a decade of …

The development of cardiac transplantation is based on experimental studies that started in
the beginning of the last century. The improvement in the surgical technique for cardiac …

For patients with end-stage cardiac failure unresponsive to maximal medical and
nontransplant surgical therapy, transplantation is a realistic therapeutic endeavor that results …