Longest surviving heart-lung transplant patient (male)

Longest surviving heart-lung transplant patient (male)
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Who
Steve Rasmussen
What
34:108 year(s):day(s)
Where
United States (Palo Alto)
When
01 April 1988

The longest surviving heart-lung transplant patient is Steve Rasmussen (USA), who has lived 34 years and 108 days since his transplant on 1 April 1988, in Palo Alto, California, USA, as verified on 17 July 2022.

On 1 April 1988, Steve was the first person on which Stanford University Hospital successfully performed a domino transplant, where he received a new healthy heart and lungs. He underwent a second heart transplant in 2022.