Louis Washkansky
Louis Washkansky (født 1913, død 21. december 1967) var den første mand der overlevede at få foretaget en hjertetransplantation,[1][2] gennemført af den sydafrikanske læge Christiaan Barnard og et hold på 30 personer på Groote Schuur Hospital i Cape Town, Sydafrika, 3. december 1967.[3][4][5]
Louis Washkansky, der var fra Sydafrika, 55 år og diabetiker, levede med sit nye hjerte i 18 døgn, hvor han blandt andet talte med sin kone og med journalister,[6][7][8] hvorefter han døde af lungebetændelse.[9]
Referencer[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
- ^ Heart Transplantation in Man: Developmental Studies and Report of a Case, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), James D. Hardy, MD; Carlos M. Chavez, MD; Fred D. Kurrus, MD; William A. Neely, MD; Sadan Eraslan, MD; M. Don Turner, PhD; Leonard W. Fabian, MD; Thaddeus D. Labecki, MD; 188(13): 1132-1140; June 29, 1964.
- ^ Every Second Counts: The Race to Transplant the First Human Heart, Donald McRae, Chapter 7 "Mississippi Gambling," Penguin Group (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 2006, pages bottom 122 through 127.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, 2006, pages 191-96.
- ^ 1967: First Heart Transplant Patient Goes Under the Knife, Haaretz, This Day in Jewish History, David B. Green, 3.12.2013. " . . When he was 9, his mother took him [Louis Washkansky] and his three siblings to Cape Town, to join their father, who had come ahead of the family . . "
- ^ Christiaan Neethling Barnard, South African History Online, updated 11 Jan 2017.
- ^ 1967 Year In Review
- ^ S Afr Med J, "A human cardiac transplant: an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town", Barnard CN, 1967 Dec 30; 41(48): 1271–74.
- ^ Louis Washkansky (1913 – 1967) Arkiveret 4. april 2017 hos Wayback Machine, Science Museum. Louis was born in Lithuania in 1913 and moved to South Africa in 1922.
- ^ "Pneumonia Blamed in Transplant Patient's Death". The New York Times. 1967-12-21. Hentet 2011-01-11.
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