Raymond O. Heimbecker, OC OOnt (November 29, 1922 - February 13, 2014) was a Canadian cardiovascular surgeon who performed the world’s first complete heart valve transplant in 1962, and Canada’s first modern heart transplant in 1981 with anti-rejection drugs to prolong the patient's survival.
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29 November 1922 Calgary, Alberta
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Died |
13 February 2014 (aged 91)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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