1967: Inside the Surgery That Swapped the First Human Heart [True Story]

This December marks the anniversary of the first human heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 1967.

I was in the operating theatre when Dr. Christiaan Barnard made history with the first human heart transplant. Here’s what really happened—and why it changed medicine forever.

00:05 “I Was There”
00:14 Meet the Cast
00:37 Team work in the theatre
00:40 The car accident of Denise and Heart Donation
00:56 Foundations of Heart Transplantation: The Pioneers Who Made It Possible
01:06 Swapping car engine - illustration of heart transplantation
01:35 Philip Blaiberg survived for 19 months
01:41 Cyclosporine - the Game-Changer
01:55 Pay Tribute to Dr. Christiaan Barnard
02:00 Herbal Tea for Heart Disease?

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