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B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels below 100 ng/L or NTproBNP below 400 ng/L are recommended by UK guidelines to rule out heart failure in primary care patients.
Discusses the role of BNP and NT-proBNP cutoffs in ruling out heart failure in primary care according to UK guidelines.
UK guidelines recommend that the diagnosis of heart failure is ruled out in patients in primary care with B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels below 100 ng/L or N-terminal BNP (NTproBNP) below 400 ng/L. 2 Although, NTproBNP below
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Rutten et al. (2016) studied this question. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels below 100 ng/L or NTproBNP below 400 ng/L are recommended by UK guidelines to rule out heart failure in primary care patients.
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