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As Covid came roaring back across the country in the 3rd Quarter due to the Delta Varient, what was the impact on Volumes of Cardiac Procedures involving Medical Devices?
Ticker(s): MDT, BSX, SYK, ABT, STXS, B Braun, Cook Medical, TerumoCardiac surgeon who performs at least 10 procedures per month.
How many procedures involving each device listed below did you complete in the 3rd Quarter of 2021 (July 1st to Sept 30st)?
- Stents:
- Cardiac Ablation Catheters:
- Pacemakers:
- Valves:
- Angioplasty:
How would you characterize the impact of Covid and the Delta Variant on your non-emergency surgery volumes in the 3rd quarter (July 1 to Sept 30) vs. 2nd quarter of 2021 (April 1 to June 30th)?
- Extreme impact (Essentially no non-emergency procedures occurring)
- Very Significant impact (Down >75%)
- Significant impact (Down >50%)
- Modest impact (Down >25%)
- Minimal (Down 5-10%)
- None
- Increased
How has covid impacted your volumes for each procedure over the past 3 months vs. pre-covid 3rd Q 2019?
- Stents:
- Cardiac Ablation Catheters:
- Pacemakers:
- Valves:
- Angioplasty:
Do you have a backlog of patients currently waiting for any of these procedures due to current or prior covid drive hospital restrictions/constraints? Please check all that you DO have a backlog for:
- Stents:
- Cardiac Ablation Catheters:
- Pacemakers:
- Valves:
- Angioplasty:
How do you plan to resolve your backlog for various procedures? Is it by procedure type or case by case patient severity?
- Procedure type
- Case by Case Patient Severity
- Other (Please describe)
If you do or do not have a patient backlog, how would you rank the order of importance in resolving each procedure type (generally with understanding some patients might be prioritized on an individual basis) [force rank from 1 to 5 with 1 being first to resolve]
- Stents:
- Cardiac Ablation Catheters:
- Pacemakers:
- Valves:
- Angioplasty:
Do you believe cardiac procedure volumes will be impacted by Covid in the 4th quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31st) of this year?
- Yes
- No
- Not Sure
How many months do you anticipate it will take to work through your backlog for:
- Stents:
- Cardiac Ablation Catheters:
- Pacemakers:
- Valves:
- Angioplasty:
Assuming the current / forecasted Covid burden for your region, which aspect of your practice with respect to elective surgeries do you believe will be the most impacted? Or please share any other comment on procedures and volumes at your practice in light of Covid and the Delta variant.
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