PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Koďousek, Rostislav
TI  - Heterotopic cardiomyocytes in the wall of pulmonary vessels in experimental animals.
DP  - 2002 Dec 1
TA  - Biomedical papers
PG  - 51--53
VI  - 146
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/bp.2002.010
IS  - 12138118
AB  - Heterotopic cardiomyocytes (CMC) have been described in the wall of pulmonary veins including intraparenchymatous branches, in various species of laboratory animals. Brief note is given here of their morphology including electron microscopy and immunohistological findings. From the current literature hints concerning arrhythmogenic activity of heterotopic CMC in pulmonary vessels in the possible initiation of atrial tachyarrhythmia and fibrillation are also mentioned.