Footnotes

• Contributors We can attest that all the authors of this paper have each contributed in these three areas: (1) making substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (3) giving final approval of the version to be published.

• Funding This work forms part of the research areas contributing to the translational research portfolio of the Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at Barts which is supported and funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

• 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. SEP has undertaken consulting work for Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. All other authors have no competing interests.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.