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First successful heart, transplantation was done by - |
| A. | D.S. Paintal |
| B. | C.N. Barnard |
| C. | D. Shetty |
| D. | P. K. Sen |
| Answer» B. C.N. Barnard | |
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Explanation: Christiaan Neethlirig Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant. He performed the world's first human heart transplant operation on 3 December 1967, in an operation assisted by his brother, Marius Barnard; the operation lasted nine hours and used a team of thirty people. The patient, Louis Washkansky, was a 54-year-old grocer, suffering from diabetes and incurable heart disease. |
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