Impaired parasympathetic function in long-COVID postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome – a case-control study

Table 1 Long-COVID POTS past medical history and current clinical presentation

Patient	Covid illness
LC001	Fever, cough, dyspnea, nausea, abdominal pain	61 days	Palpitations, dizziness, dyspepsia	Verapamil	Reynaud	91 days
LC002	Dyspnea, chest tightness	31 days	Positional lightheadedness and dizziness	Metoprolol, Guanfacine	Asthma	153 days
LC003	Sore throat, rhinorrhea, dysgeusia,	31 days	Palpitations, exertional dyspnea	Metoprolol	GERD	93 days
LC004	Rhinorrhea, dyspnea, nausea	24 days	Palpitations	None	None	114 days
LC005	Cough	12 days	Palpitations, chest pain, positional dizziness, fatigue	None	Asthma	127 days
LC006	Fever, vomiting, diarrhea	35 days	Anorexia, mental clouding, fatigue, nausea	None	Asthma, MDD	217 days
LC007	Fever, dyspnea	92 days	Palpitations, dyspnea	Metoprolol	Hypothyroidism, PE, GERD	322 days
LC008	Fever	42 days	Orthostatic dizziness, presyncope	None	None	94 days
LC009	Fever, dyspnea	40 days	Palpitations, fever, diaphoresis	None	Pneumonia	349 days
LC010	Cough, palpitations	34 days	Palpitations	None	Glucose intolerance	96 days
LC011	Cough, fever, diarrhea	42 days	Palpitations	Propranolol	Cyclic mastodynia, DFS	256 days
LC012	Not specified	33 days	Palpitations, left-sided blurry vision	None	Anxiety, migraine	196 days
LC013	Dyspnea	57 days	Fatigue, chest pain, back pain	None	None	154 days
LC014	Not specified	28 days	Palpitations, presyncope	Metoprolol	Hypothyroidism, HTN, OSAS, kidney stones	240 days
LC015	Not specified	129 days	Fatigue, tinnitus, palpitations, extremities dysesthesias	None	None	374 days

Past medical history, onset and timeline of recent COVID19-related illness in the Long-COVID POTS group. AFTs indicates autonomic function tests, GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease, PE Pulmonary embolism, MDD Major depressive disorder, NSTEMI Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, DFS Dermatofibrosarcoma, HTN Hypertension, OSAS Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

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