Whittaker JD, et al. - Authors aim at assessing the survival of patients who had been turned down for repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and examining the factors influencing this. Observations reveal that Being turned down for AAA repair carries a significant short-term risk of mortality. Those turned down for repair carried significant levels of comorbid disease but no factors considered were found to be independently predictive of the length of survival.