A 74-year-old woman with exertional dyspnoea and ankle swelling has NT-proBNP of 2400 ng/L. What is the recommended next step?...

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A 74-year-old woman with exertional dyspnoea and ankle swelling has NT-proBNP of 2400 ng/L. What is the recommended next step?

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Urgent echo within 2 weeks

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Routine echo within 6 months

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Start furosemide and review in 3 months without echo

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Cardiac MRI only

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Refer for elective angiography

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