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Who performed the first human-to-human heart transplantation?


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Robert Hooke

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Christiaan Bernard

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Claude Bernard

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William Harvey

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Solution

The correct option is B

Christiaan Bernard


The first heart transplantation was done by Christiaan Bernard. On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan Barnard, performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town.


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