Clinical usefulness of BNP or NT-Pro BNP include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. Rule out test for suspected cases of new heart failure in breathless patients.
B. Risk stratification.
C. Diagnose S-T segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
D. Monitoring of patients with heart failure.

C

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