Dr Chris Barnard performed the first human heart transplant at Groote
Schuur hospital in Cape Town South Africa. Barnard persisted with
cardiac transplantation even though many other surgeons gave it up. The
advent of ciclosporin, an immunosuppressant drug which reduces the
activity of the immune system, and therefore the risk of organ
rejection, was largely responsible for improving the results and the
ability to do a successful of heart transplant.
Find out more about the heart transplant over at LinkedIn
here.
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