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Check NTproBNP

Posted: 25th April 2025

Watch the ‘NTproBNP’ video

The duration of this video is 6 minutes 30 secs

In this video we consider:

  • The need to be alert to the signs and symptoms of heart failure in consultations in primary care
  • Other causes of breathlessness
  • Risk factors for heart failure
  • The symptoms of heart failure
  • Clinical examinations and findings which might suggest heart failure
  • When to take the NTproBNP blood test
  • Other investigations to use alongside the NTproBNP
  • Safety netting

Last updated: 12 May 2025

References

  1. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Quality standard [QS9]: Chronic heart failure in adults. Updated 10 January 2023.