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This study aimed to objectively assess autonomic function in a general group of patients with PCC and in a group of patients with ME\/CFS whose disease was not related to COVID-19. We hypothesize that the similarity in the chronic symptoms of patients with PCC and ME\/CFS extends to objective autonomic nervous system abnormalities. Methods: Synchronous recordings of an electrocardiogram and continuous dynamics of blood pressure in the digital artery using the Penaz method were obtained using the spiroarteriocardiorhythmography method in 34 patients diagnosed with ME\/CFS, in whom the onset of the disease was not associated with COVID-19, 29 patients meeting the PCC definition and 32 healthy controls. Heart rate variability (HRV) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure variability (BPV) were assessed at rest and in tests with fixed respiratory rates. Indicators of baroreflex regulation (baroreflex effectiveness index and baroreflex sensitivity) were additionally determined at rest. Results: The total power and power of low-frequency and high-frequency of RR interval variability at rest as well as baroreflex sensitivity were significantly lower both in PCC and ME\/CFS patients compared to healthy controls. Several diagnostic prediction models for ME\/CFS were developed based on HRV parameters. During slow breathing, the HRV parameters returned to normal in PCC but not in ME\/CFS patients. The correlation analysis revealed a close relationship of HRV, BPV parameters and baroreflex sensitivity with fatigue, but not with HADS depressive\/anxiety symptoms in the ME\/CFS and PCC patients. Conclusions: A similar pattern of HRV and baroreflex failure with signs of a pathological acceleration of age-dependent dysautonomia was identified in the ME\/CFS and PCC patients. The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic implications of these findings are discussed, in light of previously described relationships between inflammation, vascular pathology, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and autonomic dysfunction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathophysiology31010001","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,5]],"date-time":"2024-01-05T10:06:43Z","timestamp":1704449203000},"page":"1-17","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Similar Patterns of Dysautonomia in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue and Post-COVID-19 Syndromes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"31","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6973-9901","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Varvara A.","family":"Ryabkova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of the Mosaic of Autoimmunity, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint-Petersburg, Russia"},{"name":"Department of Pathology, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint-Petersburg, Russia"},{"name":"Department of Hospital Therapy Named after Academician M.V. 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