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American cardiac surgeon (1918–2008)

Adrian Kantrowitz (October 4, 1918 – November 14, 2008) was an American cardiac surgeon whose team performed the world's second heart transplant attempt (after Christiaan Barnard)^[1] at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 6, 1967.^[2][3] The infant lived for only six hours.

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At a press conference afterwards, Kantrowitz emphasized that he considered the operation to have been a failure.^[4]

Kantrowitz also invented the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), a left ventricular assist device (L-VAD), and an early version of the implantable pacemaker.^[2]

In 1981, Kantrowitz became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.^[5]

Early life and education

Adrian Kantrowitz was born in New York City on October 4, 1918.

His mother was a costume designer and his father ran a clinic in the Bronx, and his grandparents were from Vermont. Adrian