Trudie spoke to Gary Burgham on Monday's Mornings & More to explain why we should all be more "pulse aware".

* More than 2 million people have an arrhythmia in the UK

* Nearly 500,000 people in the UK have undiagnosed AF, and are at increased risk of a debilitating or life-threatening AF-related stroke – the most severe type of stroke

* Arrhythmias cause up to 100,000 sudden cardiac deaths each year in the UK; over 250 every day, more deaths than breast cancer, lung cancer and AIDS combined

* 120,000 people experience unexplained loss of consciousness each year, commonly a sign of a heart rhythm disorder

* There is no national programme of pulse checks or heart rhythm.

Trudie recommends that we visit www.knowyourpulse.org for further information.