CMR was performed in 38 consecutive patients with AMI 3±1 days after successful reperfusion using a clinical 1.5 Tesla MR-scanner. Ten healthy volunteers served as controls. SENC is a technique that directly measures peak circumferential strain from long-axis views and peak longitudinal strain from short axis views. Measurements were obtained for each segment in a modified 17 segment model. Wall motion and infarcted tissue were evaluated semi-quantitatively from SSFP cine sequences and contrast-enhanced-MR-images and were then related to myocardial strain. Comparison of peak circumferential strain assessed by SENC and MR-tagging was performed.