**About the Editors**

## **Ewa Lewicka**

Prof. Ewa Lewicka is a scientific researcher and academic teacher in the Department of Cardiology and Heart Electrotherapy at the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland. For many years, ´ she has been interested in cardiac electrotherapy and treatment using permanent cardiac pacing, ICD and the ablation methods. She is the author or co-author of many papers on this subject in peer-reviewed journals. Her research interests also include pulmonary hypertension, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and CTEPH. Currently, she is the chair-elect of the Pulmonary Circulation Section of the Polish Cardiac Society. Since 2018, she has been the head of the Cardio-Oncology Outpatient Clinic in Gdansk and organizes an annual conference on this subject ´ (Baltic Cardio-Oncology Conference). She is currently conducting research projects in the field of cardio-oncology.

#### **Alicja D ¸abrowska-Kugacka**

Alicja Da¸browska-Kugacka completed a degree in Medicine at the Medical University of Gdansk ´ in Poland in 1991 and at the University of Antwerpen in Belgium in 1992. In 1997, she completed her PhD thesis, and in 2013, the habilitation entitled: "Haemodynamics of cardiac contraction during various types of atrial pacing". She is a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology. She has been working as a staff cardiologist at the Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdansk, since 1992. She is a university teacher for 30 years, experienced in clinical and laboratory research, chairman and lecturer of national and international medical conferences, and author of more than 140 publications in international journals with impact factor. Her major interests include general cardiology, but specially electrotherapy, cardiac pacing, cardiac resynchronization therapy, echocardiography, pulmonary hypertension, cardiomyopathies, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and sport medicine.

#### **Aleksandra Lizewska-Springer ˙**

Aleksandra Lizewska-Springer completed her medical studies at the University of Gda ˙ nsk ´ (Poland), including a semester at the University of Turku in Finland. In 2019, she defended her PhD thesis regarding echocardiographic assessment of hemodynamics in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation.

Currently, she is undergoing cardiology residency at the Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy of the University Clinical Centre in Gdansk (Poland). Her interests include ´ arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies including cardiac amyloidosis, cardio-oncology, echocardiography and ultrasonography.
