PLAT and myocardial infarction: The observed incidence of VSR complicating AMI was 0.98%, which was lower than the incidence quoted from pre-thrombolytic era studies, but slightly higher than the incidence (0.2 ~ 0.4%) reported in the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO-I) trial of more than 41,000 patients treated for myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era [2].