Ventricular tachycardia arising from the papillary muscles and other endocavitary structures are preferably ablated under intracardiac echocardiographic (ICE) guidance whenever feasible. However, the availability, need of trained operators, and the expenses involved restrict the routine use of ICE in many cath labs. Point density exclusion (PDX) mapping is a simple technique that doesn't demand any additional expense or tool apart from the routine electroanatomical mapping and thus can be widely applied in mapping of arrhythmias arising from endocavitary structures. The following report describes such a case and explains the method of performing PDX mapping.
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