# Adrian Kantrowitz

> Adrian Kantrowitz was an American cardiac surgeon whose team performed the world's second heart transplant attempt at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 6, 1967. The infant lived for only six hours. At a press conference afterwards, Kantrowitz emphasized that he considered the operation to have been a failure.

*American cardiac surgeon (1918-2008)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1918-10-04
- **Died:** 2008-11-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Adrian Kantrowitz was an American cardiac surgeon whose team performed the world's second heart transplant attempt at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 6, 1967. The infant lived for only six hours. At a press conference afterwards, Kantrowitz emphasized that he considered the operation to have been a failure.

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## Sources
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- [ادريان كانترويتز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373227)

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