| "The Aswan Heart Centre project" | 2012: Legend of Cardiovascular Medicine |
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| At the age of 15, he entered the with a | All four had a poor prognosis with death expected within a few days and all four survived surgery |
Two years later, he performed a heart transplant on John McCafferty, who survived for more than 33 years, until 10 February 2016 and became recognised as the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient by the Guinness World Records in 2013, surpassing the previous Guinness World Record of 30 years, 11 months and 10 days set by an American man who died in 2009.
| Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine: 28 — via Queen Mary, University of London | 2007; 34 1 : 8—10 |
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| British Medical Journal Clinical Research Ed | Early surgical career [ ] Ross Procedure In 1964, he was appointed rotating surgical senior registrar to the , where he worked with cardiothoracic surgeon |
Co-authored with Tom Treasure and Asif Hasan• Three had severe aortic valve disease and one had with multiple affected valves.
2| He treated a number of politicians and celebrities throughout his surgical career, including comedian in 1979, Greek Prime Minister in 1988, and actor in 1993 | Jha, Alok 2 April 2007 |
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| Honours and awards [ ] Order of Merit 2014• Following retirement from the NHS , he continued to operate on children through his charity, Chain of Hope | Yacoub enjoys swimming, listening to classical music and growing |
In 2006 he led a complex operation which required removing a transplant heart from a person whose own heart had recovered.
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