Juvenile spondyloarthritis and severe cardiac involvement in a female patient.
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.
Foeldvari
Ivan
I
Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, AK-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany. sprechstude@kinderrheumatologie.de
Thiel
Christian
C
Eiselt
Michele
M
Weil
Jochen
J
D001023:Aortic Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D025241:Spondylarthritis / Q000150:complications*