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Roche Cardiac proBNP assay

The Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay is a useful assay for the management of heart failure patients in your office.

Quantitative determination of NT-proBNP at the Point of Care is now made easy.

The Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay is a rapid and accurate bedside test for the easy to use Cardiac reader assisting the diagnosis and assessment of patients with suspected Congestive Heart Failure.

As excellence is both - speed and accuracy - profit from a test combining speed (measuring time Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay = 12 minutes) and accuracy (high correlation coefficient of 0.95 in method comparison to the Elecsys proBNP assay).


Customer benefits
  • Time advantage
    The rapid and accurate diagnosis and management of heart failure patients is crucial especially in acute cases where every minute counts.The Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay delivers quantitative NT-proBNP results in just 12 minutes.
  • On-site results
    Using the Cardiac reader, the Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay offers rapid on-site results - supporting the diagnosis during the initial patient visit.
  • Accurate diagnosis and assessment of suspected heart failure
    Used in conjunction with clinical information, the rapid results from the Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay improve the diagnosis and assessment of acute and non acute heart failure patients in hospital and primary care settings.
  • Easy handling
    No pre-treated samples are required. The Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay uses heparinized venous whole blood without centrifugation or other additional preparation.
  • Good agreement with the laboratory reference method
    High correlation coefficient of 0.95 to the Elecsys proBNP assay (reference lab method).
Additional features
  • Extended parameter menu
    The Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay broadens the existing cardiovascular parameter menu of the Cardiac reader. You can now choose between the cardiac markers troponin T, myoglobin, D-Dimer and new NT-proBNP.
  • Easy to use
    To use the Cardiac reader is easy and uncomplicated. Therefore little training is required to start working with the instrument. Handling is made easy as no additional sample preparation is required.
Good correlation between Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay and Elecsys proBNP assay
  • The Roche CARDIAC proBNP assay shows good agreement with the laboratory reference method Elecsys NT-proBNP. The Point of Care assay shows high correlation coefficient of 0.95 and slope of 1.02 in method comparison to the Elecsys proBNP assay (Representative method comparison from multicenter evaluation of Roche CARDIAC proBNP; n=271).


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