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Article History

Received: 20 November 2020

Accepted: 15 March 2021

First Online: 24 March 2021

Declarations

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: The study was approved by SwissEthics and the Geneva Cantonal Ethics Committee on April 6th 2020 (PB_2016-00500). This protocol is adapted for publication. The study will be conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed] and Good Clinical Practice guidelines [CitationRef removed]. All patients (or their legal representatives) will be required to provide written informed consent. It is our intention to present the results at scientific congresses and to publish the results in an international peer-reviewed journal, irrespective of the magnitude or direction of effect. This protocol adheres to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement (Additional file InternalRef removed) [CitationRef removed]. Information about study subjects will be kept confidential. All data will be entered into the REDCap data management system. Hard copy records will be stored in a locked cabinet in a secure location. Access to records and data will be limited to study personnel. Study data will be de-identified and a master linking log with identifiers will be kept and stored separately from the data.

: Not applicable.

: The protocol version is 1.0 (20 November 2020).

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Deep learning algorithms that will be developed in this study might be used in a future AI-powered commercial stethoscope. AGer is currently applying for patents relating to such an AI-powered stethoscope, but that will not be used in this trial.