It is estimated that a 20% reduction in infarct size (e.g. from 15% to 12%) will be clinically relevant. With a spreading of the infarct size of 15%, which are in accordance with our previous findings, detection of such a reduction with a risk of type 2 errors of 80% (2α=0.80) will require 109 patients in each group. We plan inclusion of a total of 250 patients to secure complete data.