A 35-year-old man with rheumatic aortic valve regurgitation developed acute right ventricular failure 8 days after valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. Angiography showed a right coronary artery embolus. Successful coronary artery bypass grafting was performed on the beating heart.
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