Mulder, B. A.
ten Berg, J.
ten Cate, H.
van Es, N.
Hemels, M. E. W.
Kappelle, L. J.
Bearda Bakker, H. B.
de Borst, G. J.
Drenth, D. J.
Geersing, G. J.
Rienstra, M.
Article History
First Online: 11 May 2020
Conflict of interest
: The sponsor of the meeting (Bayer) had no influence on the content of the advisory board meeting or in writing of the manuscript. B.A. Mulder, J. ten Berg, H. ten Cate, N. van Es and M.E.W. Hemels received advisory board fees from the sponsor. B.A. Mulder has received a research grant of the ESC council on stroke. M. Rienstra reports research support from the Netherlands Cardiovascular Research Initiative: an initiative with support of the Dutch Heart Foundation, CVON 2014-9: Reappraisal of Atrial fibrillation: interaction between hyperCoagulability, Electrical remodeling, and Vascular destabilisation in the progression of AF (RACE V). G.-J. Geersing is supported by a personal Veni and Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw); ZonMw had no role or influence in drafting this manuscript. B.A. Mulder, J. ten Berg, H. ten Cate, N. van Es, M.E.W. Hemels, L.J. Kappelle and M. Rienstra attended the meeting and discussed the cases. The sponsor supported the meeting but did not participate in it. H.B. Bearda Bakker, G.J. de Borst, D.J. Drenth and G.-J. Geersing did not attend the advisory board meeting but provided intellectual input and revised the manuscript.