Dr Giulio Guagliumi is an Interventional Cardiologist at Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, IT. He is an internationally recognised leader in the use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in the coronary arteries.

Dr Guagliumi's research interests combines scientific and medical training, expertise in conducting prospective, randomised trials, and leadership in the field of high-resolution imaging applied to evaluation of in-vivo stent vascular responses.

Dr. Guagliumi has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and is principal investigator in several clinical trials assessing the performance of stents inside the coronary artery, using OCT imaging. One recent study, the ODESSA Trial (Optical coherence tomography for DES SAfety) was presented at TCT 2008 and was one of the first looks at drug-eluting stent coverage and healing inside the artery. OCT imaging, although a very new modality for interventional cardiologists, is now being utilized by the medical profession and industry during the early stages of stent design to assess safety issues of strut coverage.