bettycll:

You may find this of interest. There is a significant association between having CLL and AFIB. Here is the evidence based research. Mayo Connect still won’t allow me to post weblinks, but you can Google the tile of this study to read it in full.

Article:

“Incidence, predictors and outcomes of cardiovascular events in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia”

“Conclusions: CLL patients are at increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, pericardial effusion, pericardial tamponade and all-cause in hospital mortality compared to their non-CLL counterparts, even after accounting for variables such as age, gender etc. Moreover, CLL patients have higher inpatient mortality associated with certain factors such as age progression, AKI, black race, alcohol abuse and malnutrition. Patients should be referred to cardiologist early and cardiovascular status should be optimized especially before initiating targeted therapy.”