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The regulation of cerebral blood flow in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex under cognitive load was examined using high-resolution functional near-infrared spectroscopy in 36 subjects including 12 patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome and two control groups [12 coronary artery disease patients matched for age and 12 young healthy individuals (CTRL)]. To induce cognitive load, a Flanker task and an N-back task were employed. The structure of temporal variability of local blood flow regulation was assessed using sample entropy at 17 channels spanning both brain hemispheres. The spatial variability of the regional blood flow pattern was evaluated using the coefficient of variation (CV) from sample entropies across all channels. 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