Christian Cabrol

Christian Emile Cabrol (16 September 1925 – 16 June 2017) was a French cardiac surgeon. He was known for performing Europe's first heart transplant at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital on 27 April 1968. From 1994 to 1999, Cabrol represented France in the European Parliament and was affiliated with Rally for the Republic. He was named a commandeur of the légion d'honneur and awarded an ordre national du Mérite for his work.[1][2][3]

References

  1. "Mort de Christian Cabrol, qui a réalisé la première greffe cardiaque en Europe". Le Monde (in French). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. Hosain, Nazmul; Amin, Farzana; Leprince, Pascal (11 May 2018). "Christian Cabrol MD". European Heart Journal. 39 (19): 1661–1671. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy195. ISSN 0195-668X.
  3. Copeland, Jack (September 2017). "Professor Christian Cabrol (1925 to 2017)". The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 36 (9): 1023–1024. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2017.06.013. ISSN 1053-2498.
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