Evanoff, Dengel, and colleagues publish on Fanconi anemia

Don Dengel, PhD, professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology and Director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), and former advisee and alum Nicholas Evanoff, PhD, are contributing authors on a manuscript appear in Transplant and Cellular Therapy. The article, "Increased Vascular Age in Patients with Fanconi Anemia after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Results of a Single-Center Descriptive Analysis," describes a cross-sectional study finding that patients with Fanconi anemia exhibit signs of accelerated vascular aging, such as increased arterial stiffness and thicker carotid walls, significantly earlier than healthy controls. Dengel and Evanoff were instrumental in the study's design and led the technical execution of the carotid artery ultrasound imaging and calculating the specific structural and functional metrics used to quantify these premature cardiovascular risks.