Footnotes

• Competing interests In compliance with EBAC/EACCME guidelines, all authors participating in Education in Heart have disclosed potential conflicts of interest that might cause a bias in the article. The authors have received honoraria for advice and presentations from several drug and medical device companies involved in management of atrial fibrillation, and received research grants DFG, BMBF, Fondation Leducq, and European Union in addition to research support from industry.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.