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. 2022 Jun 24;14(6):e26284. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26284

Table 1. History of xenotransplanted hearts.

All xenotransplanted hearts that are done in the past are listed here. This table reflects the time, surgeon, location, and survival of the hearts transplanted [16-23].

Year Surgeon (Location) Donor Organ and Source Survival References
1964 James Hardy (USA) Chimpanzee heart 90 minutes [12]
1968 Donald Ross (UK) Pig heart 4 minutes [16]
1968 Denton Cooley (USA) Sheep heart 10 minutes [17]
1969 Pierre Marion (France) Chimpanzee heart “quickly” [18]
1977 Christian Barnard (South Africa) Chimpanzee heart 4 days [19]
1984 Leonard Bailey (USA) Baboon heart 20 days [20]
1992 Zbigniew Religa (Poland) Pig heart 23 hours [21]
1996 Dhaniram Baruah (India) Pig heart 7 days [22]
2022 Bartley Griffith (USA) Pig heart 60 days [23,24]