cardiac implantable electronic device

Implantable cardiac device data collector Murj lands $8.5M

By Laura Lovett 02:54 pm May 9, 2018

This morning Murj, developer of a digital data collection platform for implantable cardiac devices, announced that it raked in $8.5 million in a series B financing led by Longitude Capital, with participation from True Ventures and other existing investors. The Santa Cruz, California-based startup focuses on helping doctors streamline care for patients with implantable cardiac devices. The...

Two studies find weekly remote monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac devices doesn't lead to better health outcomes

By Heather Mack 03:49 pm September 1, 2016

Weekly remote monitoring of patients with heart failure who have cardiac implantable electronic devices doesn’t appear to help them fare better, new research shows. In two studies by researchers at the Royal Brompton Hospital/Imperial College London, there wasn’t an improvement in all-cause mortality rates nor did cardiovascular hospitalization rates improve. Moreover, both studies found those...