DiNicolantonio JJ, Tomek A, Meier P, et al. Is concomitant aspirin helping novel oral anticoagulants? Focus on apixaban. Open Heart 2014;1:e000134. Competing interest section was published with an incomplete sentence. The correct sentence should be ‘GB-Z has consulted, lectured and served on the advisory board for Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer and Sanofi Aventis’.