PLAT and myocardial infarction: Despite a variety of therapeutic strategies in clinical to treat MI patients, including reperfusion therapy, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), anti-platelet drugs, such as aspirin and clopidogrel, and clot-dissolving drugs called thrombolytic agents, such as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the outcome remains unsatisfactory in current cardiovascular medicine.