DeMartino RR, et al. – Authors performed this work to validate a 5–year survival prediction model for patients undergoing elective repair of asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) <6.5 cm to assist in optimal selection of patients. In these patients, across different populations of patients, assessment of age and level of cardiac, pulmonary, and renal disease seemed accurately predicting 5–year survival. This risk prediction model proved a valid method to assess mortality risk in determining potential overall survival benefit from elective AAA repair.