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JAMA. 1970;211(10):1690.

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Announcement of the first cardiac transplantation on Dec 3, 1967, was undoubtedly the outstanding medical news story of the last decade. And the recipient, Philip Blaiberg, as the longest survivor of the procedure, continued to be a subject for the news media during the 19 months he lived.

A flurry of heart transplantations in the United States and other countries during 1968 stimulated the Judicial Council of the American Medical Association to present for adoption by the House of Delegates "Ethical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation."¹ This was followed in December 1968 by the Board of Trustees' "Statement on Heart Transplantation," also adopted by the House of Delegates.² The Board's statement recommended establishment "... within the United States [of] a Heart Transplant Registry as a means of facilitating the exchange of information among investigators and as an aid to mutual cooperation among the various medical centers." A few months later . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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