The podcast "Milestones in Cardiac Surgery" looks back at the most important events in the history of cardiac surgery: the first transplantation of a human heart in 1967 by Christiaan Barnard in South Africa; the first artificial additional heart, which was implanted almost exactly 50 years ago in the calf Esmeralda by Jan Navratil in Vienna in 1975 and the first transplantation of a pig heart in the USA two years ago.
You can access the podcast via the following links (only available in german):
Link1: Click here for the podcast
Link2: Click here for the podcast
Participants: Bruno Podesser, Head of the Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery at MedUni Vienna, Rainald Seitelberger, Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery at Salzburg University Hospital and Sebastian Globits, Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Center Groß Gerung