Table 3. Comparison of echocardiographic findings in patients with isolated non-compaction cardiomyopathy (NCCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) (from 16).

	NCCM	DCM
Left atrium (diameter)	normal	↑
End-diastolic LV volume	(↑)	↑↑↑
End-systolic LV volume	↑↑	↑↑↑
Ejection fraction (%)	↓ ↓ (↓ )	↓ ↓ ↓
Impaired relaxation in diastole	in 50% of cases	in 30% of cases