We evaluated the following parameters to determine the association of their baseline value with cardiac events using Cox proportional hazard regression analyses: age, gender, NYHA functional class, Atrial fibrillation, systolic blood pressure, BNP level, creatine level, heart rate, QRS duration, LVEDV, LVESV, LVEF, delayed H/M, WR≥45% and the presence of LGE. Here, NPPB is linked to atrial fibrillation.