RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Juvenile spondyloarthritis and severe cardiac involvement in a female patient.
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 1087
OP 1089
VO 30
IS 5
A1 Ivan Foeldvari
A1 Christian Thiel
A1 Michele Eiselt
A1 Jochen Weil
YR 2003
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/30/5/1087.abstract
AB 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.