Footnotes

• Contributors GGS drafted the first version of the manuscript that was revised critically for important intellectual content by SW and MT. All three authors have approved the final version of the manuscript.

• 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. SW has received research contracts to the institution from Abbott, Boston Scientific, Biosensors, Cordis, and Medtronic. The other authors have no competing interests.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.