Cardiac Transplantation—Status in 2011
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The field of heart transplantation has evolved tremendously since Alexis Carrel first explanted a canine heart and anastomosed it to the carotid artery and jugular vein of a recipient dog in 1905.1 In 1960, Norman Shumway and Richard Lower at Stanford described a technique for orthotopic canine heart transplantation and demonstrated adequate physiologic function of the denervated heart.2 Their work paved the way for the first successful human-to-human heart transplant by Dr Christiaan Barnard in South Africa in December 1967,3 followed c
Source: US Cardiology Review
Authors: Kiran K Khush, Sharon A Hunt
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,146
OpenAlex ID: W4232026944