Louis Washkansky (født 1913, død 21. december 1967) var den første mand der overlevede at få foretaget en hjertetransplantation,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. gennemført af den sydafrikanske læge Christiaan Barnard og et hold på 30 personer på Groote Schuur Hospital i Cape Town, Sydafrika, 3. december 1967.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.
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,1967 Year In ReviewS 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) , Science Museum. Louis was born in Lithuania in 1913 and moved to South Africa in 1922. hvorefter han døde af lungebetændelse.
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