MI and IPostC induced a parallel significant increase in MMP-2 in the plasma at three hours (MI-3h: p = 0.007; IPostC-3h: p = 0.011) and three days (MI-3d: p = 0.0004; IPostC-3d: p = 0.0003) post-infarction compared to the control group. This evidence concerns the gene MMP2 and infarction.