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          Christiaan Barnard

          South African cardiac surgeon (–)

          "Chris Barnard" redirects here. For other uses, see Chris Barnard (disambiguation).

          Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8&#;November &#;&#; 2&#;September ) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.[1][2] On 3 December , Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of year-old Louis Washkansky, who regained full consciousness and was able to talk easily with his wife, before dying 18 days later of pneumonia, largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system.[3][4][5][6] Barnard had told Mr.

          and Mrs. Washkansky that the operation had an 80% chance of success, an assessment which has been criticised as misleading.[7][8][9] Barnard's second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, whose operation was performed at