# Canonical recap data for First Heart Transplant Surgery (1967)
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slug: first-heart-transplant
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1967/first-heart-transplant"
title: First Heart Transplant Surgery
subtitle: Christiaan Barnard's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town shattered the final barrier of organ transplantation and redefined surgical medicine.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1967-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1967
decade: 1960
country:
name: South Africa
slug: south-africa
summaryShort: Heart sounds are the noises generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it. Specifically, the sounds reflect the turbulence created when the heart valves snap shut. In cardiac auscultation, an examiner may use a stethoscope to listen for these unique and distinct sounds that provide important
summaryLong: Heart sounds are the noises generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it. Specifically, the sounds reflect the turbulence created when the heart valves snap shut. In cardiac auscultation, an examiner may use a stethoscope to listen for these unique and distinct sounds that provide important auditory data regarding the condition of the heart.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Gray1216_modern_locations.svg/1280px-Gray1216_modern_locations.svg.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Heart sounds"
importance: 81
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_sounds"
  title: First heart sound
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: Heart sounds are the noises generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it. Specifically, the sounds reflect the turbulence created w
wikidataQid: Q967103
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260623022244/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_sounds"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-23
  label: First heart sound
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_sounds"
