BACKGROUND Left ventricular function is altered during and after AMI. Regional function can be determined by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) wall thickening, and velocity encoded (VE) strain analysis. The aims of this study were to investigate how regional myocardial wall function, assessed by CMR VE-strain and regional wall thickening, changes after acute myocardial infarction, and to determi...

InReplyWeagreewithDrsRedingtonandCaldarone thatmany animal andhumanstudieshave shownthat a singleor few (≤5) short episodes of remote ischemic preconditioning (typically 5minutes of limb ischemia followed by 5minutes of reperfusion)areprotective formanyorgans (including theheart, brain, and kidney) with few reported adverse effects. However, few studies have examined the long-term effects of re...