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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 May 13;41(8):1014–1022. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.04.010

Table 1.

World Experience in Clinical Heart Xenotransplantation93

Year Surgeon Donor type Patient survival (days)
1964 Hardy Chimpanzee O <1
1968 Cooley Sheep O <2
1968 Ross Pig H <3
1968 Ross Pig Perfused with human blood but not transplanted <4
1969 Marion Chimpanzee ?O <5
1977 Barnard Baboon H <6
1977 Barnard Chimpanzee H 4
1964 Bailey Baboon O 20
1992 Religa Pig O 1
1996 Baruah Pig O 7
2022 Griffith Pig O ~60

H heterotopic (auxiliary) heart transplantation, O orthotopic heart transplantation.