Prof. Karol Siska (L) headed the surgical team that transplanted the heart of a 40-year-old man to a 50-year-old widow in history's 25th known human heart transplant and the first in eastern Europe, the CTK news agency reported here. The news agency reported that Dr. Ladislav Kuzela (R), one of Czechoslovakia's best known heart surgeons, also was on the team.

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Prof. Karol Siska (L) headed the surgical team that transplanted the heart of a 40-year-old man to a 50-year-old widow in history's 25th known human heart transplant and the first in eastern Europe, the CTK news agency reported here. The news agency reported that Dr. Ladislav Kuzela (R), one of Czechoslovakia's best known heart surgeons, also was on the team.

United Press International · [ca. July 1968]

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CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Heart Transplant

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