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Bridge to Recovery (BTR)

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the use of a durable device to allow recovery from chronic cardiac failure (at least 3 months in duration).

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Vierecke, J.K. (2019). Bridge to Recovery (BTR). In: Feldman, D., Mohacsi, P. (eds) Heart Failure. Cardiovascular Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98184-0_26

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