TY - JOUR T1 - Juvenile spondyloarthritis and severe cardiac involvement in a female patient. JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1087 LP - 1089 VL - 30 IS - 5 AU - Ivan Foeldvari AU - Christian Thiel AU - Michele Eiselt AU - Jochen Weil Y1 - 2003/05/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/30/5/1087.abstract N2 - Heart involvement is a recognized complication in 10-20% of all adults with spondyloarthritis. Until now only 8 cases of cardiac involvement in juvenile spondyloarthritis (JS) have been reported, all male patients. We describe the first female patient with JS, in whom progressive cardiac involvement developed, and summarize the pediatric JS cases with cardiac involvement. ER -