The Heart (as if you didn't know) is a muscular organ that pumps blood around your body.
The first successul heart transplant was carried out by Christiaan Barnard in 1967.
Acording to the Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry …
In New Zealand in 2001 …
There were 15 heart transplants.
The one-year survival rate is 87 percent and the five-year survival rate is 74 percent.
The heart valves may be used from hearts which can not be used for a full heart transplant.
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