By the mid-20th century it was well known that ventricular arrhythmias were the mechanism of death in a large proportion of patients with cardiac disease. The 1960s brought with them the advent of... Read More
Kidney transplantation The first kidney transplant in BC was performed in 1968. With the dramatic improvement in graft and patient survival, transplantation has become the treatment of choice for... Read More
The first successful human liver transplant was performed by Dr Thomas Starzl and his colleagues in 1968 in Colorado on an 18-month-old child who survived 400 days. Despite improved... Read More
Ongoing progress, remarkable achievements, and continuing challenges can all be seen when looking at lung transplantation in BC today. It is essential for those caring for patients with... Read More
In December 1967 Christiaan Barnard performed the first human cardiac transplantation in Cape Town, South Africa. Louis Washkansky, a 55-year-old man, survived for 18 days before succumbing to... Read More