Please follow the guidelines shown below when requesting NT-proBNP:
The table shown below should be used for the interpretation of NT-proBNP results if patients present with symptoms/signs of chronic heart failure.
Note that the age ranges for rule-in and rule-out are different.
Age | Heart Failure Unlikely | Age | Heart Failure Likely | |
< 60 years | < 50 ng/L | < 50 years | > 450 ng/L | |
60 - 75 years | < 100 ng/L | 50 - 75 years | > 900 ng/L | |
> 75 years | < 250 ng/L | > 75 years | > 1800 ng/L |
NB. For the benefit of the IT staff in each Surgery/Health Centre: in order to be able to file the NT-proBNP result in your computer system, the ‘Read’ code for NT-proBNP is 4Q2B
This test is not routinely available to secondary care unless on the request of a Consultant Cardiologist.
This test is not available as an urgent request.