Multiple choice

First successful heart transplantation was done by

  1. D. S. Paintal

  2. C. N. Barnard

  3. D. Shetty

  4. P. K. Sen

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant on December 3, 1967, in Cape Town, South Africa. The patient, Louis Washkansky, lived for 18 days after the surgery.