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In clinical practice, it is crucial to use widely available, cheap, and easy-to-use prognostic factors, such as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, 6 min walk test (6MWT), B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), etc. We sought to evaluate the relationships between whole-heart myocardial mechanics and cardiac morphometrics with the main commonly used prognostic factors of HF in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM). Methods and results: two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography for myocardial mechanics (global longitudinal, radial, and circumferential strains of the left ventricle; right ventricular longitudinal strain; strain values of reservoir, conduit, and contraction function of both atria) and cardiac morphometric (diameters and volumes of both atria and ventricles) parameters were performed, and the HF main traditional prognostic factors were identified. We assessed 109 patients (68.8% male; 49.7 \u00b1 10.5 years) with newly diagnosed NIDCM. Myocardial mechanics and morphometrics were weakly correlated with the patient\u2019s age, gender, and smoking (R = 0.2, p &lt; 0.05). Stronger relationships were observed with NYHA class, 6MWT, and BNP (the strongest correlations were with LVEF: R = \u22120.499, R 0.462, R = \u22120.461, p &lt; 0.001, respectively). There were moderately strong correlations with LVEF and other whole-heart myocardial mechanics or morphometrics. Moreover, LVEF with global regurgitation volume (GRV) and right ventricle free wall longitudinal strain (RVFWLS) were the most usually detected parameters in multivariate analysis to be associated with changes in HF prognostic factors. Conclusions: in NIDCM patients, the main prognostic factors of HF are correlated with whole-heart myocardial mechanics and morphometrics. 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