The 1918 flu pandemic, commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, was a category 5 influenza pandemic caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1.
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The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a disorder of myocardial repolarization characterized by a prolonged QT interval on the electrocardiogram (ECG) (waveform 1) [1-3]. This syndrome is associated with an increased risk of a characteristic life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia, known as torsades de pointes (TdP) (waveform 2A-B) [4,5].