Heart transplantation at 50+: Celebrations and challenges

Authors

  • Magdi Yacoub Imperial College London, London, UK
  • Asghar Khaghani Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2018.10

Abstract

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This year marks the 51st anniversary of the first human heart transplant operation by Christiaan Barnard at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. This event has had a profound effect on Science, Medicine and Humanity, almost beyond expectations. The anniversary calls for celebrations, and evaluation, as with maturity comes accountability. We here attempt to summarise the reasons for celebrations, and highlight the remaining many challenges and expectations. Regarding the celebrations, this anniversary exemplifies and calls for celebration of at least four human attributes; courage, innovation, compassion, and human spirit.

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Published

2018-07-23

Issue

Vol. 2018 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Editorial

License

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.