Separation of a subcutaneous cardiac signal from a plurality of composite signals

A cardiac monitoring and/or stimulation method and systems provide monitoring, defibrillation and/or pacing therapies, including systems detecting and/or treating cardiac arrhythmia. A system includes a housing coupled to a plurality of electrodes configured for subcutaneous non-intrathoracic sensing. A signal processor receives a plurality of composite signals associated with a plurality of sources, separates a signal from the plurality of composite signals using blind source separation, and identifies a cardiac signal. The signal processor may iteratively separate signals from the plurality of composite signals until the cardiac signal is identified. A method of signal separation includes detecting a plurality of composite signals at a plurality of locations, separating a signal using blind source separation, and identifying a cardiac signal. The separation may include a principal component analysis and/or an independent component analysis. The composite signals may be filtered before separation using band-pass filtering, adaptive, or other filters.