Efficiency of an artificial intelligence-aided portable 12-lead electrocardiogram acquisition system

While a 12-lead (12L) electrocardiogram (ECG) has been the cornerstone diagnostic tool for arrhythmia diagnosis for over a century, proper acquisition can be time-consuming and intrusive and is not always universally available due to device size and cost 1,2. The Kardia 12L (AliveCor, Mountain View, CA) is an FDA-approved portable, artificial intelligence (AI)-aided, ECG system which generates a full 12-lead ECG with only 5 electrodes (Figure 1a-b). When placing the leads, the provider is instructed on lead configuration (either primary configuration of V2, V4, left arm, left leg, right arm or secondary configuration of V1, V4, left arm, left leg, right arm) (Figure 1a).