First heart-lung transplant

According to Official Guinness Records,

Dr. Bruce Reitz (USA) performed the first successful combined heart-lung transplant at Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA in 1981. The operation represented the culmination of more than two years of experiments.

For a complete list of 1981 records, please visit 1981 Guinness Records in United States.

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