Nicholas Evanoff, MS, doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology and member of the the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is the lead author of an article, “Assessing vascular characteristics of the fetal descending aorta: a feasibility study,” in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound.

The publication analyzes the feasibility measuring vascular characteristics of the descending abdominal aorta in the fetuses of pregnant mothers. The research study found that it is possible to measure vascular characteristics in the fetus in utero. The study also indicates that diabetic mothers’ fetuses may have different abdominal aorta vascular mechanics in comparison to fetuses of non-diabetic mothers.

Co-authors include Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of LIHP.