Footnotes

• Contributors All authors contributed to this paper.

• 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. PD was partially supported by a Sadra Medical Research Grant (Boston Scientific) and with a European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Research Grant, and receives speaker fees from Abbott Vascular (MitraClip Crossroads Faculty) and Philips Healthcare. VD received consulting fees from St Jude Medical and Medtronic. The Department of Cardiology of Leiden University Medical Centre received research grants from Biotronik, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Lantheus Medical Imaging, Edwards Lifesciences, St Jude Medical, GE Healthcare. No specific financial support for this work is involved.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.