Footnotes

• Contributors LD, FM, SHS and MB have substantially contributed to the interpretation of data and drafting of the article. All authors have approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.

• 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 institution has received scientific support from Medtronic/Ardian. FM and MB were investigators of Symplicity HTN-1 and HTN-2 trial. FM and MB have received speaker honorarium and consultancy fees from Medtronic/Ardian, St Jude, Boston Scientific, and Cordis. MB and SHS are supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KFO 196). FM is supported by Deutsche Hochdruckliga. FM and MB are supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie. LD reports no conflicts.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.