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Background Ambulatory electrocardiogram (AECG) monitoring is a common investigation performed as part of the assessment of patients with known or suspected cardiac arrhythmias. This normally requires the patient to attend a face-to-face hospital appointment. The role of patient-led collection and self-fitting of AECG within the National Health Service (NHS) has not previously been investigated. In order to reduce patient contact during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in order to maintain AECG services while other non-urgent diagnostics were suspended, we sought to assess the feasibility, reliability, and patient acceptability of a drive-by collect