The nature versus nurture debate continues for outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Regarding the incidence of surgical procedures between different races, Best et al.7 found that the national incidence rate of nine major surgical procedures was higher among White patients than Black patients. In this regard, the present study leans heavily towards analyzation of the effects of certain social affairs rather than clinical or anatomical differences that may cause differences in outcomes of aortic disease treated with TEVAR. Keywords: ethnicity; in-hospital mortality; race; thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) EN ethnicity in-hospital mortality race thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) 2324 2325 2 07/05/22 20220801 NES 220801 I I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." i - Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) Since the arousing first sentence of his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., great efforts have been made by worldwide human communities to combat inequalities of opportunities between people of different races and socioeconomic backgrounds. [Extracted from the article]