title: The challenges of success: maintaining access to high-quality percutaneous coronary intervention in the face of declining procedural volumes.
authors.affiliation: From the Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (S.J.B., D.J.C.); and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.W.Y.).
authors.forename: Suzanne J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.affiliation: From the Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (S.J.B., D.J.C.); and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.W.Y.).
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.affiliation: From the Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (S.J.B., D.J.C.); and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.W.Y.). dcohen@saint-lukes.org.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D061847:Hospitals, High-Volume / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061846:Hospitals, Low-Volume / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000401:mortality*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Editorials; cardiac volume; percutaneous coronary intervention; quality of health care