Response to Dr. Somovilla del Saz's letter to the editor regarding "Risk of all-cause and cardiac-related mortality after vaccination against COVID-19: A meta-analysis of self-controlled case series studies"

Greg J Marchand; Ahmed Masoud

doi:10.1080/21645515.2023.2264599

Response to Dr. Somovilla del Saz's letter to the editor regarding "Risk of all-cause and cardiac-related mortality after vaccination against COVID-19: A meta-analysis of self-controlled case series studies"

Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2023 Dec 15;19(3):2264599. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2264599. Epub 2023 Oct 8.

Authors

Greg J Marchand¹, Ahmed Masoud^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mesa, AZ, USA.
² Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.

Abstract

This is a response to Dr. Somovilla del Saz's letter to the editor regarding Marchand et al.'s article, "Risk of all-cause and cardiac-related mortality after vaccination against COVID-19: A meta-analysis of self-controlled case series studies." The response is on behalf of all authors clarifying misconceptions about the work.

Keywords: COVID; COVID19; SCCS; cardiac mortality; meta-analysis; self controlled case series.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis

Grants and funding

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