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machine learning algorithms as provided for example by scikit-learn (https://scikit-learn.org) or popular deep
learning frameworks such as TensorFlow (https://www.tensorflow.org) or PyTorch (https://pytorch.org).

Code availability
The code for dataset preparation is not intended to be released as it does not entail any potential for reusability.
We provide the stratified sampling routine in Supplementary File 1 to allow users to create stratification folds
based on user-defined preferences.

Received: 5 February 2020; Accepted: 17 April 2020;

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Acknowledgements
The authors thank Dr. Lothar Schmitz for numerous annotations and providing medical expertise and Dr.
Hans Koch for initiating and overseeing the creation of the original database. This work was supported by
the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) through the Berlin Big Data Center under Grant
01IS14013A and the Berlin Center for Machine Learning under Grant 01IS18037I and by the EMPIR project
18HLT07 MedalCare. The EMPIR initiative is cofunded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program and the EMPIR Participating States.

Author contributions
Creation and maintenance of the original database: R.D.B. and D.K.; ECG quality assessment: R.D.B., D.K.
and F.I.L.; Conception of the release process: P.W., N.S. and T.S.; Data harmonization: P.W. and N.S.; Providing
conversion routines: P.W.; Manuscript preparation: P.W. and N.S.; Supervision of the project: W.S. and T.S.;
Critical comments and revision of manuscript: all authors.

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