NPPB and ischemic cardiomyopathy: The findings of the present study indicate that: i) In a cohort of consecutive patients presenting for evaluation of newly diagnosed non-ischemic cardiomyopathy prognosis of LGE-positive patients is significantly worse compared to LGE-negative patients; ii) multivariable analysis identifies only impaired LVEF (≤40%) and elevated TnI (≥0.03 μg/l), but not presence of LGE, as independent predictors of poor outcome; iii) Compared to LGE-negative patients, LGE-positive patients have lower LVEF, higher LVEDD and higher serum levels of BNP.