Christiaan Barnard

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Christiaan Barnard's Degrees

Masters Medicine University of Cape Town
Masters Surgery University of Cape Town

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According to Wikipedia, Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, with Washkansky regaining full consciousness and being able to talk easily with his wife, before dying eighteen days later of pneumonia, largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system. Barnard had told Mr. and Mrs. Washkansky that the operation had an 80% chance of success, an assessment which has been criticised as misleading. Barnard's second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, whose operation was performed at the beginning of 1968, returned home from the hospital and lived for a year and a half.

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Christiaan Barnard's Published Works

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The operation. A human cardiac transplant: an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. (1967) (873)
SURGICAL CORRECTION OF EBSTEIN'S MALFORMATION WITHPROSTHETIC TRICUSPID VALVE. (1963) (129)
Circadian rhythmic aspects of human cardiovascular function: a review by chronobiologic statistical methods. (1976) (128)
Cardiac transplantation following storage of the donor heart by a portable hypothermic perfusion system. (1984) (123)
Human cardiac transplantation. An evaluation of the first two operations performed at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. (1968) (111)
Heterotopic cardiac transplantation with a xenograft for assistance of the left heart in cardiogenic shock after cardiopulmonary bypass. (1977) (111)
What we have learned about heart transplants. (1968) (110)
The surgical technique of heterotopic heart transplantation. (1983) (84)
Heart Rate after Cardiac Transplantation (1969) (82)
Malignant neoplasms occurring after cardiac transplantation. (1983) (66)
Orthotopic transplantation of the baboon heart after 20 to 24 hours' preservation by continuous hypothermic perfusion with an oxygenated hyperosmolar solution. (1982) (63)
ENDOCARDITIS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY DUE TO THE FUNGUS PAECILOMYCES. (1963) (58)
Infectious complications after heart transplantation. (1983) (58)
Twenty-four-hour preservation of the pig heart by a portable hypothermic perfusion system. (1982) (54)
The advantage of heterotopic cardiac transplantation over orthotopic cardiac transplantation in the management of severe acute rejection. (1977) (53)
The present status of heterotopic cardiac transplantation. (1981) (45)
Hemodynamic evaluation of left ventricular bypass with a homologous cardiac graft. (1977) (44)
Acute hepatic coma treated by cross-circulation with a baboon and by repeated exchange transfusions. (1968) (44)
Toxoplasmosis of donor and recipient hearts after heterotopic cardiac transplantation. (1983) (38)
Prosthetic replacement of the mitral valve. (1962) (38)
Orthotopic allotransplantation and autotransplantation of the baboon heart following 24-hr storage by a portable hypothermic perfusion system. (1983) (37)
Human heart transplantation. The diagnosis of rejection. (1968) (36)
The surgical treatment of acquired aneurysm of the throracic aorta. (1963) (34)
Does the electrocardiogram detect early acute heart rejection. (1985) (34)
Cross-circulation between man and baboon. (1968) (33)
Clinical Transplantation of the Heart: A Review of 13 Years’ Personal Experience1 (1981) (33)
Ex vivo functional evaluation of pig hearts subjected to 24 hours' preservation by hypothermic perfusion. (1981) (33)
The surgical cure of a cardiac aneurysm of unknown cause. (1963) (33)
Serum transaminase patterns following intracardiac surgery. (1958) (30)
Technique, complications, and clinical value of endomyocardial biopsy in patients with heterotopic heart transplants. (1982) (29)
Left ventricular bypass. (1975) (28)
The treatment of quinidine-induced ventricular fibrillation by closed-chest resuscitation and external defibrillation (1962) (26)
Intraoperative posterior left ventricular wall rupture associated with mitral valve replacement. (1978) (26)
Annular subvalvular idiopathic left ventricular aneurysms in the black African. (1979) (26)
Heterotopic versus orthotopic heart transplantation. (1976) (25)
Complete replacement of the mitral valve. (1963) (24)
Fistula of the sinus of Valsalva. (1977) (24)
Assisted Circulation 2 (1984) (24)
The pathology of human cardiac transplantation: an assessment after 11 years' experience at Groote Schuur Hospital. (1979) (22)
Impotence after heart transplantation. (1978) (21)
Pre- and post-operative care of patients undergoing open cardiac surgery. (1959) (20)
The Hemodynamics of the University of Cape Town Aortic Prosthetic Valve (1966) (20)
A method of operating on fetal dogs in utero. (1957) (19)
Medical, legal and administrative aspects of cadaveric organ donation in the RSA. (1982) (18)
FURTHER EXPERIENCES WITH THE U.C.T. MITRAL, TRICUSPID, AND AORTIC PROSTHESES. (1965) (18)
Syphilitic obstruction of coronary ostia successfully treated by endarterectomy. (1965) (16)
Heterotopic cardiac transplantation. A 7-year experience at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. (1984) (16)
[Heterotopic cardiac transplantation]. (1979) (16)
COMPLETE TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS: A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETE CORRECTION (1962) (16)
Further cardiac transplant procedures in patients with heterotopic heart transplants. (1985) (16)
The Surgical Treatment of the Tetralogy of Fallot (1961) (15)
The value of recipient heart assistance during severe acute rejection following heterotopic cardiac transplantation. (1984) (15)
Effect of ABO blood-group antigens on long-term survival after cardiac transplantation. (1982) (15)
Traumatic aortic--right atrial fistula: report of a case corrected by operation. (1961) (14)
Heterotopic versus orthotopic heart transplantation. (1984) (14)
The assessment and selection of patients for heterotopic heart transplantation. (1982) (14)
Normal cardiac function with a hybrid heart. (1978) (14)
Reflections on the first heart transplant. (1987) (13)
The present status of heart transplantation. (1975) (13)
Primary cardiac haemangiomas. A report of 2 cases. (1984) (13)
Joint transplantation of the heart and lungs. Past experience and present potentials. (1982) (13)
Human heart transplantation. (1969) (13)
Immediate and long-term results of mitral valve replacement with University of Cape Town mitral valve prosthesis (1970) (13)
Heterotopic heart transplantation: a valid alternative to orthotopic transplantation: results, advantages, and disadvantages. (1982) (13)
Prediction of acute cardiac rejection using radionuclide techniques. (1984) (12)
Changes in indications for heart transplantation. An additional argument for the preservation of the recipient's own heart. (1982) (12)
Arrhythmias in two patients with left ventricular bypass transplants. (1976) (11)
TOTAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT. (1963) (11)
Surgical treatment of acquired aneurysms of the thoracic aorta. (1965) (11)
Myocardial fibrinolytic activity in allogenic cardiac rejection. (1977) (10)
Lack of efficacy of high-dose verapamil in preventing brain damage in baboons and pigs after prolonged partial cerebral ischemia. (1984) (10)
Heart transplantation : the present status of orthotopic and heterotopic heart transplantation (1984) (10)
Syphilitic coronary ostial occlusion. (1966) (10)
RENAL FUNCTION DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER PROFOUND HYPOTHERMIA. II. (1961) (10)
Surgery of Mitral Incompetence (1961) (10)
The surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot. (1984) (9)
HYPOKALÆMIA DURING EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION (1966) (9)
Left atrial myxoma report of a case successfully treated using extracorporeal oxygenation (1960) (9)
Hemodynamic studies in two long-term survivors of heart transplantation. (1971) (9)
Ivalon baffle for posterior leaflet replacement in the treatment of mitral insufficiency: a follow-up study. (1968) (9)
The surgical approach to tetralogy of Fallot. (1966) (8)
Survival after cardiac transplantation. (1983) (8)
The significance of left ventricular volume measurement after heart transplantation using radionuclide techniques. (1985) (8)
The surgical correction of endocardial cushion defects. (1961) (7)
Comparison of patients with ischemic, myopathic, and rheumatic heart diseases as cardiac transplant recipients. (1984) (7)
Evaluation of endomyocardial biopsy in the diagnosis of cardiac rejection. A study using bioptome samples of formalin-fixed tissue. (1978) (7)
Some electrocardiographic changes in human heart transplants. (1969) (7)
The effect of direct infusions of cortisone into the renal artery of a transplanted kidney. (1966) (6)
The treatment of congenital heart disease in infants. Surface cooling, deep hypothermia, limited cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest. (1973) (6)
Total body perfusion for cardiac transplantation. (1969) (6)
The suirgical treatment of acquired aneurysm of the thoracic aorta at emergency surgery (2004) (5)
A new approach to the treatment of rejection: experience with the third human-to-human heart transplantation performed in Cape Town. (1969) (5)
Profound hypothermia using extracorporeal circulation without an artificial oxygenator. An experimental study. (1960) (5)
Atrial septal defect. I. Secundum and sinus venosus defects. (1963) (5)
[Exchange transfusion and cross circulation with baboons in the treatment of acute liver failure]. (1970) (5)
Profound hypothermia and the helix reservoir bubble oxygenator. (1961) (4)
The autopsy findings in a case of heterotopic cardiac transplantation with left ventricular bypass for ischaemic heart failure. (1975) (4)
OPEN-HEART SURGERY FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASE OF THE MITRAL VALVE: EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN MEDICAL SCHOOL. (1964) (4)
Low-dose versus high-dose steroid therapy in the prevention of acute rejection in baboon heterotopic cardiac allografts. (1982) (4)
The first heart transplant--background and circumstances. (1995) (4)
ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT. II. ENDOCARDIAL-CUSHION DEFECTS. (1963) (4)
Morphological changes in 49 chacma baboons after cardiac allografts. (1979) (4)
Medicine and the mass media. (1972) (3)
Renal function during and immediately after profound hypothermia. (1961) (3)
The surgery of the common congenital cardiac malformations (1968) (3)
Electrocardiographic changes during the unmodified rejection of heterotopic canine heart allografts. (1971) (3)
Hypokalaemia during extracorporeal circulation. An experimental study. (1966) (3)
AORTIC-LEFT ATRIAL FISTULA. SURGICAL CURE OF A SYPHILITIC ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH RUPTURE INTO THE LEFT ATRIUM. (1964) (3)
Some experiences with intracardiac surgery using the helixreservoir bubble oxygenator with total cardio-pulmonary bypass. A review of the first 30 cases treated at the Groote Schuur and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospitals, Cape Town. (1959) (2)
Transplantation of the heart. (1982) (2)
Tricuspid atresia corrected by the Fontan method. (1982) (2)
The electrical pulse duplicator--its use in testing valve prostheses with special reference to the aortic and mitral valves. (1959) (2)
Transplantation of heart (1971) (2)
The surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot. (1984) (2)
Cardiac surgery in the infant group. (1967) (2)
Circulatory assistance with allograft. (1984) (2)
The significance of femoral pulses in coarctation of the aorta. (1984) (2)
The diagnosis of rejection in human heart transplantation. (1969) (2)
Investigation of the ill infant with heart disease. (1968) (2)
Hypokalaemia during extracorporeal circulation. (1966) (2)
The surgical relief of transposition of the great vessels in infancy (1968) (1)
Valve replacement in patients over 70 years of age. (1984) (1)
Experience at Cape Town with human to human heart transplantation. (1970) (1)
COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVES. (1964) (1)
Risk factors in surgical correction of congenital heart defects in early childhood. (1978) (1)
Proceedings of the International Committee on Heart Transplantation (1969) (1)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF THREATENED RENAL REJECTION IN DOGS. (1965) (1)
A review of experience with cardiac transplantation. (1979) (1)
The use of heparinized blood in open-heart surgery: a review of 250 cases. (1962) (1)
HeartRateafter Cardiac Transplantation (1969) (1)
Changes of serum enzyme activities in dogs receiving heterotopic cardiac allografts. (1971) (1)
Thrombo-embolic complications following total mitral valve replacement with the UCT lenticular mitral prosthesis. An experimental study. (1966) (1)
Surgical closure of ventricular septal defect in infancy. (1972) (1)
THE PRE-OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MITRAL-VALVE DISEASE. (1964) (1)
Advice on heart transplants. (1973) (1)
Indications for heterotopic heart transplantation and report on two patients. (1988) (1)
Trends in cardiac surgery at the University of Cape Town, 1971-1981. (1983) (1)
Comments on the first human-to-human heart transplant. 1993. (2001) (1)
Mitral replacement with the U.C.T. prosthesis. (1965) (1)
Renal transplantation at Groote Schuur Hospital: a report of 13 cases. (1970) (1)
Live storage of kidneys: a preliminary communication. (1966) (1)
Immunosuppression in the baboon cardiac allograft model: effects of splenectomy, bolus methylprednisolone, propranolol, high-dose azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, and a niridazole metabolite. (1984) (1)
Clinical Application of Implanted Natural Auxiliary Hearts (1984) (1)
The management of intractable angina pectoris using saphenous vein bypass grafts. Experience in Cape Town. (1974) (1)
Tricuspid valve replacement forEbstein's anomaly A 19yearreview ofthe first case (1981) (0)
Coarctation of the aorta in infants under 1 year of age. (1983) (0)
[The heterotopic heart transplantation: first clinical experiences (author's transl)]. (1977) (0)
Serological investigations in patients with cadaver allografts. (1971) (0)
The protective effect of human gastric juice on experimentally induced ulceration in the rat. (1963) (0)
Heart transplantation in the treatment of cardiomyopathy. (1973) (0)
[Immunosuppresive treatment after cardiac transplantation]. (1968) (0)
The clinical course of patients who have survived heart transplantation. (1970) (0)
Corrective surgery for transposition of the great arteries. (1975) (0)
Trends in University cardiac surgery of Cape Town, at the 1971 1981 (1983) (0)
[Ethical problem in transplants]. (1968) (0)
The government and organ transplantation. (1996) (0)
In vivo kidney storage. A preliminary communication. (1965) (0)
The Future of Heart Replacement (1984) (0)
Surgical correction of a right coronary artery aneurysm communicating with the right ventricle: a case report. (1961) (0)
Heterotopic versus orthotopic heart transplantation. (1976) (0)
A milestone in cardiac transplantation. (1991) (0)
Transplantation of the Heart (1972) (0)
Intensive care nursing after cardiac surgery. (1978) (0)
Controlled sequential pacing in isolated perfused auxiliary rat hearts. (1979) (0)
[Surgical treatment of congenital heart disease in infants, with superficial hypothermia, short extracorporeal circulation and circulatory arrest]. (1973) (0)
Temperature gradients during profound hypothermia with extracorporeal circulation. An experimental study. (1962) (0)
Assisted Circulation (1979) (0)
Induced ventricular fibrillation. An experimental study with special reference to the use of this technique for the prevention of systemic air embolism. (1960) (0)
The postoperative intensive care after cardiac surgery in the neonate. (1973) (0)
Surgical management of congenital heart disease. A review of 7 years' experience. (1984) (0)
SYPHILITIC OBSTRUCTIONOF CORONARY OSTIASUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY ENDARTERECTOMY (1965) (0)
The experimental use of halothane anaesthesia in open-heart surgery with cardio-pulmonary bypass. (1959) (0)
[The surgical treatment of mitral insufficiency]. (1961) (0)
The importance of initial nephrectomy to the subsequent function of the transplanted kidney (1965) (0)
Heart transplantation. (1995) (0)
The use of the Minnesota impedence cardiograph in the chronic monitoring of cardiac transplant patients at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town (1969) (0)
The surgical treatment of the tetralogy of Fallot. (1961) (0)
Recent results in the surgical treatment of Fallot's tetralogy. (1975) (0)
Preparation and Assembly of the Stainless Steel Sponge Debubbler for Use in the Helix Reservoir Bubble Oxygenator (1960) (0)
The surgical correction of chronic aortic regurgitation. (1961) (0)
TheHemodynamics oftheUniversity of CapeTownAortic Prosthetic Valve (1966) (0)
Assessment and selection of patients for heart transplantation. (1988) (0)
cardiac rejection techniques (1984) (0)
The surgical correction of Fallot's tetralogy. (1975) (0)
[The aorto-coronary by-pass. Personal clinical experience (author's transl)]. (1981) (0)
THE DIAGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF ABNORMAL URINARY SEDIMENT STAINS IN CANINE RENAL HOMOGRAFTS. (1965) (0)
In vitro kidney storage. I. Hypothermia and hyperbaric oxygen. (1966) (0)
The role of surgical revascularisation in the treatment of ischaemic heart disease. A review article. (1974) (0)
Cardiac surgery for the cyanotic infant. (1969) (0)
Human heterotopic cardiac transplantation: current status. (1978) (0)
Surgical treatment of Ebstein's malformation with U.C.T. tricuspid prosthesis. (1965) (0)
HEART TRANSPLANTATION IN MAN (1968) (0)