When you place a security freeze on your file, you will be provided a personal identification number or password to use if you choose to remove the security freeze from your file or authorize the temporary release of your credit report for a specific person or period after the security freeze is in place.
Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), also known as B-type natriuretic peptide, is a hormone secreted by cardiomyocytes in the heart ventricles in response to stretching caused by increased ventricular blood volume. BNP is named as such because it was originally identified in extracts of pig brain.
The BNP Test measures the blood level of BNP, or B-Type Natriuretic Peptide. BNP is a marker that is elevated in people with various forms of heart failure and hypertrophy. BNP levels are sometimes tracked to measure the response to therapies that lower blood pressure. This BNP Test is a blood test.