The scientist who developed the first successful heart-lung machine was: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The scientist who developed the first successful heart-lung machine was:
A. Christiaan Barnard
B. John Gibbon
C. Willem Kolff
D. Michael DeBakey
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
John Gibbon developed the heart-lung machine and performed the first successful open-heart surgery using it in 1953. Barnard did first heart transplant.

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