Philippine Heart Center

Philippine Heart Center facade

The Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City was established through Presidential Decree No. 673 issued by president Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1975. Its original name was the Philippine Heart Center for Asia and was changed to its current form in 1975. It was inaugurated on February 14, 1975. Cardiovascular specialists including Christiaan Barnard, Denton Cooley, Donald Effler, and Charles Bailey practised there. The first Director of the PHC was Avenilo P. Aventura (1974-1986), a cardiovascular surgeon who performed many pioneering operations in the Philippines including the first successful renal transplantation in 1970, the first CABG in 1972, and developed and implanted the first ASEAN bioprosthesis, the PHCA porcine valve. The first patient to be admitted to the PHC was Imelda Francisco, on April 14, 1975.

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External links

• http://www.phc.gov.ph/s_trivia.htm
• http://www.philheart.org/new/
• http://www.phc.gov.ph
• http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1972/pd_73_1972.html

Triangle Park
Quezon City Central Business District
Buildings	Eton Centris Lung Center of the Philippines National Kidney and Transplant Institute Philippine Diamond Tower Philippine Heart Center QCX SM City North EDSA The Skysuites Tower TriNoma Veterans Memorial Medical Center
Parks and monuments	Bantayog ng mga Bayani Center Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center Quezon Memorial Circle Monument
Diliman	ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center GMA Network Center UNTV Broadcast Center U.P.–Ayala Land TechnoHub U.P. Town Center
Education	Claret School of Quezon City Philippine Science High School Quezon City Science High School University of the Philippines Diliman Ateneo de Manila University Miriam College Museo ni Manuel L. Quezon
Transportation	Roads Commonwealth Avenue East Avenue Elliptical Road Kalayaan Avenue Katipunan Avenue Maginhawa Street Mindanao Avenue North Avenue Quezon Avenue Visayas Avenue Rail Kamuning MRT Station North Avenue LRT Station North Avenue MRT Station Quezon Avenue MRT Station Quezon Memorial MRT Station Katipunan LRT Station
Italics denote buildings under construction or planned.

Coordinates: 14°38′37″N 121°02′53″E / 14.64361°N 121.04806°E / 14.64361; 121.04806