Nomenclature, Definitions, and Metrics of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Lead Management.

Quality has a foundation that consists of the nomenclature, definitions, and metrics of success, failure, and complications. There is now a firm foundation for reporting outcomes and for making clinical decisions with patients and their families. This has developed from an international consensus, ratified by the four continental heart rhythm societies and by the overlapping cardiovascular, surgical, anesthesiology, and infectious disease societies. Reporting of outcomes, using these metrics and definitions, is now mandated to promote transparency and facilitate clinical decision making with patients. The best path to accomplishing this goal is to participate in a center-specific or multicenter registry.