Frequency of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction among type-II diabetics with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Aim: to determine the frequency of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction among type-ii diabetics with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. methods: this was a cross sectional descriptive study carried out in bahawal victoria hospital bahawalpur. patients were taken from diabetic clinic of general medicine opd from january 2013 to june 2013. they underwent ultrasonography in radiology department and echocardiography in cardiology department of the same institution. results: in this study,most of the patients i.e.,26(34.21%) were between 41-50 years,common age was calculated as 47.65±3.61 years,44(57.89%) male and 32(42.11%) females,frequency of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction among type-ii diabetics with nafld reveals in 38.16% patients. conclusion: results of this study revealed that frequency of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is high among type-ii diabetics with nafldbut comparatively lower than other countries. so,it is recommended that every patient with type-iidmalong withnafld should be sort out for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. however,it is also necessary that every health care center should have close observation to know the exact prevalence of this disease.