Atrioventricular Cannulae & Streptokinase

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I'm a first semester nursing student who needs help. Will someone please explain to me what an atrioventricular cannulae is and why streptokinase is used to treat it? Thanks so much!

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Cannulae would be more than one cannula. A cannula is some sort of tube usually (nasal cannula for oxygen, a urinary or IV catheter, etc).

I've never heard of an atrioventricular cannula, but you may be referring to an arteriovenous cannula, a form of venous access used in dialysis. If that cannula were to become occluded, streptokinase would be a medication used to clear the line.

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are you sure you got that spelled that correctly? atrioventricular cannulae? i looked it up in google and found nothing. i think what eric said above makes the most sense, but then you'd be talking about a arteriovenous fistula. a atrioventricular fistula is a fistula between an atrium and a ventricle of the heart. and a cannulae is more than one cannula/tube. so i'm confused

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Thanks for trying to help....surely I misunderstood my professor since no one is able to find anything about it!

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