World Heart Rhythm Conference

Agata W Dżeljilji is a practicing surgeon at the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Warsaw, where she is studying management of thoracic disease. She

conducts research in pulmonology and vascular surgery. Her main clinical intrests are metabolic aspects of elastin and collagen fibers proteolysis in the diseases

of the respiratory and vascular system, and the significance of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Her most recent publication is 'The role of alpha-1-antitrypsin protein

in the pathogenesis of aortic aneurysm'. She is also a reviewer for JTD.