The transplantation heartache - BBC Health News 3rd December 2007

It is 40 years since the first heart transplant was carried out by Dr Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa. What would Barnard say about transplantation today? Admittedly, his patient lasted little longer than two weeks, but a huge medical advance had been made. Yet 40 years on, are we still advancing? Well, here in the UK, not exactly. Heart transplantation in this country was at its peak about a decade ago. Then, over 350 such operations were carried out each year.

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