Reprints from the SAMJ of 30 December 1967

The operation: A human cardiac transplant: An interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Author: C N Barnard

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Emma Buchanan

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Article on the first heart transplant, performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, on 3 December 1967. Reprinted from the SAMJ of 30 December 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the transplant. 


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Emma Buchanan, Health and Medical Publishing Group, South Africa

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South African Medical Journal 2017;107(12):1041-1044.

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Date submitted: 2017-11-28
Date published: 2017-11-28

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