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Switzerland's first heart transplant 50 years ago

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  • 14 April 2019
  • René Prêtre
    • CHUV
    • HUG
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50 years ago today, Zurich University Hospital performed the first heart transplant in Switzerland. Despite progress in this field, this type of operation remains highly complicated, explains surgeon René Prêtre.

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