Comparison of 10 currently available BNP/NT-proBNP POCT devices
| Device | BNP/ NT-proBNP | Time to result | Subjects n | Correlation with clinical laboratory (unless specified) | [Refs] |
| Quidel Triage BNP Test (formerly Alere Heart Check) | BNP | ∼15 min | 2260 | 0.95 (versus Siemens ADVIA Centaur) [88] | Maisel [87] (n=1586) Ro [88] (n=250) Lang [99] (n=150) Monfort [84] (n=163) De Vecchis [60] (n=111) |
| Quidel Triage NT-proBNP Test (formerly Alere NT-proBNP) | NT-proBNP | ∼20 min | 100 | 0.94 (versus Roche cobas 8000) | Khezri [98] |
| Roche cobas h 232 | NT-proBNP | ≤12 min | 1887 | 0.97 (versus Roche cobas e602) [91] | Bertsch [92] (n=1591) Gils [90] (n=202) Hex [91] (n=94) |
| Philips Minicare BNP | BNP | ≤10 min | 347 | 0.92 (versus Siemens ADVIA Centaur) | Reenen [93] |
| Abbott i-STAT | BNP | ∼9 min | 400 | 0.98 (versus Siemens ADVIA Centaur) [88] | Shah [94] (n=150) Ro [88] (n=250) |
| Mitsubishi PATHFAST | NT-proBNP | <17 min | 326 | 0.99 (versus Roche Elecsys) [96] | Peetz [96] (n=90) Zaninotto [70] (n=236) |
| Radiometer AQT90 FLEX | NT-proBNP | 11–21 min | 77 | >0.99 (versus Roche Elecsys 2010) | Lepoutre [97] |
| Response Biomedical RAMP NT-proBNP | NT-proBNP | ∼15 min | 540 | 0.98 (versus Roche Elecsys 2010) | Lee-Lewandrowski[89] |
| Sekisui Medical Rapidpia | BNP | <15 min | 57 | 0.93 (versus SHIONOSPOT)# | Ishida [100] |
| Shionogi SHIONOSPOT | BNP | ∼16 min | 57 | 0.93 (versus Rapidpia)# | Ishida [100] |
BNP: B-type natriuretic peptide; NT-proBNP: N-terminal prohormone of BNP; POCT: point-of-care testing. #: Sekisui Medical Rapidpia and Shionogi SHIONOSPOT are both POCT devices compared with each other in this study.