de Vries, T. A. C.
,
Hemels, M. E. W.
Cools, F.
Crijns, H. J. G. M.
Yperzeele, L.
Vanacker, P.
Blankoff, I.
Lancellotti, P.
Mairesse, G. H.
de Veer, A.
Casado Arroyo, R.
Catez, E.
de Pauw, M.
Vanassche, T.
de Asmundis, C.
Kirchhof, P.
De Caterina, R.
de Groot, J. R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Daiichi-Sankyo
Article History
Accepted: 21 October 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Conflict of interest
: Daiichi Sankyo had the right to review the manuscript before submission. However, the authors are solely responsible for the data and their interpretation.T.A.C. de Vries reports having received compensation for travel and accommodation expenses from Daiichi Sankyo. His primary institute (Department of Cardiology Rijnstate) has received a grant for an unrelated project from Boston Scientific. M.E.W. Hemels reports speaker fees from BMS/Pfizer, Daiichi Sankyo, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and a research grant from the Netherlands Federation of Anticoagulation clinics. F. Cools reports consultancy fees from Bayer and Daiichi Sankyo. L. Yperzeele reports speaker fees from Pfizer and Daiichi Sankyo, and consultancy honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and Daiichi Sankyo. A. de Veer reports consulting fees from Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim. T. Vanassche has served as a consultant and/or has participated on advisory boards for Daiichi Sankyo, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, BMS/Pfizer, Sanofi, and Leo Pharma. C. de Asmundis has received compensation from teaching purposes and proctoring from AF Solutions, Medtronic, St Jude Medical, Biotronik, and is a member of the steering committee of the ETNA-AF-Europe study. P. Kirchhof receives research support for basic, translational, and clinical research projects from the European Union (BigData@Heart; grant agreement EU IMI 116074), the British Heart Foundation (PG/17/30/32961; AA/18/2/34218), the Leducq Foundation, the Medical Research Council (UK), and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, from several drug and device companies active in atrial fibrillation, and has received honoraria from several such companies in the past. He is listed as inventor on two patents held by University of Birmingham (Atrial Fibrillation Therapy WO 2015140571, Markers for Atrial Fibrillation WO 2016012783). R. De Caterina is a co-author of the ESC Guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation 2010–2012, APPRAISE‑2, ARISTOTLE, AVERROES, ENGAGE-AF-TIMI 48, and Re-DUAL PCI. He is also a steering committee member of the ETNA-AF-Europe study, and the national coordinator for Italy. He reports having received fees, honoraria and research funding from Sanofi-Aventis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, BMS/Pfizer, Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis, Merck, Portola, and Roche. J.R. de Groot is supported by a personal grant from NWO ZonMW 016.146.310 and reports research grants to his institution from AtriCure, Boston Scientific, Medtronic and Abbott, and consultancy/speaker fees from AtriCure, Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis, Medtronic, and Servier. H.J.G.M. Crijns, P. Vanacker, I. Blankoff, P. Lancellotti, G.H. Mairesse, R. Casado Arroyo, E. Catez and M. de Pauw declare that they have no competing interests.