Question 1

Most surgeons never expected Barnard to transplant a heart because the problem of ____________ had not yet been solved.

Accepted Answer

The problem of how to control immune rejection of the transplanted organ without letting lethal organisms invade the patient's body had not yet been solved. Without a solution to this problem, heart transplantation was considered too high-risk and most surgeons did not expect it to happen.

Question 2

The first American face transplant was performed on a woman who was injured by:

Accepted Answer

C

Question 3

Denise Darvall's heart stopped because:

Accepted Answer

Dr. Christiaan Barnard stopped Denise Darvall's heart by injecting potassium into it during the first human heart transplant procedure.

Question 4

Which of these is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

The FDA has not banned the HeartMate LVAD, therefore statement E is incorrect.

Question 5

Barney Clark was chosen to receive the Jarvik-7 because:

Accepted Answer

Barney Clark was chosen to receive the Jarvik-7 because he was an educated man who understood the risks and consequences of the procedure, and had no other options since he was dying from heart failure.

Question 6

The French doctor who took over care of Isabelle Dinoire worried, during the early days after the operation, that:

Accepted Answer

The French doctor who took over care of Isabelle Dinoire worried that her face would slough off because she had developed an infection that caused tissue necrosis in the area around her new face transplants.

Question 7

The first patient to receive a face transplant was injured by:

Accepted Answer

The first patient to receive a face transplant was injured by her dog.

Question 8

Robert Jarvik divorced his wife and married:

Accepted Answer

Robert Jarvik, known for his work on the artificial heart, married Marilyn vos Savant, who is known for having one of the highest recorded IQs according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Question 9

Who said that "surgery went nuts" after Barnard's transplant?

Accepted Answer

Francis Moore, a renowned surgeon at Harvard, made this statement following Barnard's transplant. He believed that the media hype surrounding the surgery had led to unrealistic expectations and an over-eagerness to replicate the procedure, even when it was not medically necessary or feasible.

Quiz 11: Surgeons Desire for Fame and Ethics of First Transplants