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Most existing studies only focus on the accuracy of arrhythmia classification, instead of runtime performance of the workflow. In this paper, we present our work on supporting real-time arrhythmic detection using convolutional neural networks, which take images of electrocardiogram (ECG) segments as input, and classify the arrhythmia conditions. To support real-time processing, we have carried out extensive experiments and evaluated the computational cost of each step of the classification workflow. Our results show that it is feasible to achieve real-time arrhythmic detection using convolutional neural networks. To further demonstrate the generalizability of this approach, we used the trained model with processed data collected by a customized wearable sensor from a lab setting, and the results shown that our approach is highly accurate and efficient. 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