12. Acknowledgement

The authors thank Ms Christianna Brooks (CCS) for her assistance and outstanding contribution throughout the guideline writing process. We are indebted to Marc Bains (patient partner, HeartLife Foundation), Andrew Campbell (Emergency Medicine), James Douketis (Thrombosis Canada), Jasmine Grewal (Adult Congenital Cardiology), Saurabh Gupta (Cardiac Surgery), Thalia Field (Stroke Neurology), Jenny MacGillivray (Pharmacist), Arianne Marelli (Adult Congenital Cardiology), Michael McDonald (Canadian Heart Failure Society), Candice Silversides (Adult Congenital Cardiology), and David Wood (Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology) and the CCS Guidelines Committee for their external review of this document.