Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring LLC and Medicalgorithmics have announced their participation in a research project investigating the impact of lifestyle modification on ablation outcome in atrial fibrillation (ISOLATE).  Medicalgorithmics’ PocketECG cardiac monitoring system will be used for collecting and analyzing the electrocargiogram (ECG) data in the project.

Symphony Health Solutions (SHS) and the American College of Cardiology announced the completion of a new research platform. The HIPAA-compliant platform combines anonymized patient-level data from the ACC's National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) with SHS's Integrated Dataverse, which includes prescription, medical and hospital claims.

A new stent for treating cardiovascular disease that incorporates a polymer invented at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has been implanted in patients for the first time.