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It was a milestone in transplantology. It's 39 years since the first successful heart transplant in Poland

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published Nov. 5, 2024 09:30

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On November 5, 1985, Professor Zbigniew Religa performed Poland's first successful heart transplant. The operation took place at the then Provincial Cardiology Center) in Zabrze, today it is the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases.

The heart donor was a man in a coma who was declared brain dead. The man was transported by ambulance to Zabrze, where his heart was retrieved immediately before the opera...

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