Check NTproBNP
Posted: 25th April 2025
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
- NHS England, Adult breathlessness pathway (pre-diagnosis): diagnostic pathway support tool 26 April 2023
References
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Quality standard [QS9]: Chronic heart failure in adults. Updated 10 January 2023.