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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

REITZ, Bruce A.

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1982 CE

#10659

Heart-lung transplantation: Successful therapy for patients with pulmonary vascular disease.

SHUMWAY, Norman Edward (1923 – 2006) REITZ, Bruce A.

First successful heart-lung transplant, performed on March 9, 1981, after nearly four years of testing on primates. Abstract "We report our initial experience with three patients who received heart-lung transplants. T…