Scar tissue limits your heart's ability to pump effectively.

The damaged heart muscle cannot pump effectively, leading to heart failure.

In ventricular tachycardia, the heart beats too fast to effectively pump blood.

A thickened pericardium restricts the heart's ability to pump effectively.

Cardiogenic shock is caused by the failure of the heart to pump effectively.

These changes may interfere with the heart's ability to pump effectively, which can lead to a chronic condition called heart failure.

Overexercise increases your heart's workload and can reduce its ability to pump effectively.

Triggers can lead to an emergency situation because your heart cannot effectively pump blood to your body.

Your ticker is too busy trying to save its own life to worry about effectively pumping blood to the rest of the body.

In congestive heart failure, the heart is unable to pump effectively.