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Weizhong Wang1, Shaowen Liu1, Shan Zhang1
1Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Abstract:
In clinical practice, high-effective antithrombosis remains a challenge for blood-contacting medical devices. Inspired by the enhanced antithrombogenicity of anticoagulant and antiplatelet combination therapy, a strategy is proposed to synthesize dual-pathway antithrombotic polymers by incorporating anticoagulant and antiplatelet dual functional groups into a single thermosetting polymer chain. The synthesized polymer shows increased antithrombogenicity in vitro, with prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and decreased platelet adhesion. Additionally, it downregulates the expression of coagulation- and inflammation-related factors in rabbit plasma after ex vivo arteriovenous shunt assay and maintains patency of small vascular grafts for at least 6 months without thrombosis on the luminal surface after in vivo replacement of rabbit carotid artery. This work provides a new approach to producing novel antithrombotic polymers for blood-contacting medical devices.
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