Bioinspired, Anticoagulative, 19 F MRI-Visualizable Bilayer Hydrogel Tubes as High Patency Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts.

The clinical patency of small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVGs) (ID < 6 mm) is limited, with the formation of mural thrombi being a major threat of this limitation. Herein, a bilayered hydrogel tube based on the essential structure of native blood vessels is developed by optimizing the relation between vascular functions and the molecular structure of hydrogels. The inner layer of the SDVGs comprises a zwitterionic fluorinated hydrogel, avoiding the formation of thromboinflammation-induced mural thrombi. Furthermore, the position and morphology of the SDVGs can be visualized via 19 F/1 H magnetic resonance imaging. The outer poly(N-acryloyl glycinamide) hydrogel layer of SDVGs provides matched mechanical properties with native blood vessels through the multiple and controllable intermolecular hydrogen-bond interactions, which can withstand the accelerated fatigue test under pulsatile radial pressure for 380 million cycles (equal to a service life of 10 years in vivo). Consequently, the SDVGs exhibit higher patency (100%) and more stable morphology following porcine carotid artery transplantation for 9 months and rabbit carotid artery transplantation for 3 months. Therefore, such a bioinspired, antithrombotic, and visualizable SDVG presents a promising design approach for long-term patency products and great potential of helping patients with cardiovascular diseases.

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