Comparison between brain natriuretic peptides, cardiac troponin I and CPK-MB markers in major abdomi nal non-cardiac surgery as an index of severity of perioperative cardiovascular risk

*Giuseppa La Camera, Carmela Stissi, Alessandro Garofalo, Sofia Pitino, Danilo Carmelo Grasso, Pierfilippo Di Marco, **Daniela Spartà, Corrado Marco Linares, ***Giovanni Cantarella

*University of Catania, Italy, School of Medicine and Surgery, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Prof. M. Astuto Director; **Dept. of Clinical Surgery, Prof. S. Berretta Director ***Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, Prof. C. E. Fiore Director