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Biotech / Medical : CardioThoracic Systems (CTSI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Pierre Borczuk who wrote (165)	3/18/1998 9:52:00 AM
From: Ron	Respond to of 207

Looks like a winner to me. Should be significant market here. I am in as of today. Good luck to us all.

To: Pierre Borczuk who wrote (165)	3/18/1998 9:55:00 AM
From: funk	Respond to of 207

YA got in just now at 7 1/4 looks like very little downside lots of upside! More fun than going long OIL stocks! funk

To: Pierre Borczuk who wrote (165)	4/24/1998 4:47:00 PM
From: Pierre Borczuk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 207

Again trying to keep this thread alive... From annual report: Was actually surprised to see that CTSI had 8000 procedures last year , 1/2 of all the minimally invasive surgeries Total CABG done 600,000 in the 1st quarter 1998, 3000 off pump procedures, with 2000 multi vessel cases... criticism in past was that this was a single vessel technique only CTSI also working on a stopped heart kit ======= To contrast HPRT has done 4500 procedures to date... 1/2 of them CABG Criticism for HPRT is a lot of setup time in OR. OR time is very expensive. How these two companies will do? Well even with classic CABG, patients are being extubated early, chest tubes out and to rehab facility in as little as 3 days...it will be harder for HPRT or CTSI to demonstrate big savings by decrease hospital length of stay...maybe the fact that bypass is not needed in CTSI will be the advantage...competition will get fierce.... Seems like the GDT buyout rumor of HPRT did not pan out... interesting that the rumpr preceded a HPRT downgrade Any ideas? Pierre