Described is a detection device (1) for detecting cardiac electrical signals, wearable by a patient, comprising a right lower electrode (11) and a left lower electrode (12), for detecting cardiac electrical potentials, positioned in alignment with each other on a first horizontal axis (x′), spaced apart from each other by a first distance (d1); a right upper electrode (13) and a left upper electrode (14), for detecting cardiac electrical potentials, positioned above said lower electrodes (11, 12), and being aligned with each other on a second horizontal axis (x″), parallel to said first horizontal axis (x′), and spaced from each other by a second distance (d2), greater than or equal to said first distance (d1); and a logic control unit (U), electrically connected to said electrodes (11, 12, 13, 14), wherein said logic control unit (U) is configured to receive a first bipolar lead (DI′), detected between said left upper electrode (14) and said right upper electrode (13); a second bipolar lead (DII′), detected between said left lower electrode (12) and said right upper electrode (13); a third bipolar lead (DIII′), detected between said left lower electrode (12) and said left upper electrode (14); a first unipolar lead (V1′), detected between said right lower electrode (11) and a first average potential, and a second unipolar lead (V2′), detected between said left lower electrode (12) and said first average potential, wherein said first average potential is equal to the average of detected signals, with respect to a reference potential, on said right upper electrode (13), on said left upper electrode (14) and on said left lower electrode (12). The invention also relates to a system comprising said device and a relative method of operation.