Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use in cardiotoxic drug overdose is increasing. Calcium channel blockers along with β-blockers constitute more than 65% of deaths from cardiovascular medications. The authors report here a case of ECMO use for amlodipine and telmisartan tablet overdose, where ECMO was used to salvage the patient’s life as a life-saving intervention.

An entrapment and breakage of coronary angioplasty catheter during coronary intervention is a rare but serious complication. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) catheter got entrapped and broken inside the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in a 58-year-old male patient. The whole length of the PTCA catheter was retrieved through an arteriotomy incision in LAD along with reversed saphenous vein graft to LAD, under cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest. We discuss here the various percutaneous retrieval techniques and surgical management of entrapped broken PTCA catheter and also the role of transesophageal echocardiography intraoperatively.