Giulio Guagliumi MD

Dr. Giulio Guagliumi, an internationally recognized leader in the use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in the coronary arteries, practices in the Cardiovascular Department of Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo in Bergamo, Italy. He has spoken at numerous conferences worldwide and recently brought together experts for a course in Bergamo, titled "OCT, IVUS, FFR: When, Where, How" -- in which the clinical applications of these technologies were explored and demonstrated.

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.