INCREASED CARDIAC READMISSIONS IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION COMPARED TO NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is an incompletely understood form of cardiomyopathy that can lead to heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death; however, outcome studies in this disease are lacking. Therefore we examined patients found to have cardiomyopathy by cardiac