End of Life Care and Advance Care Planning For Outpatients With Inoperable Aortic Aneurysms: a Multicentre Cohort Study

Objective: A significant proportion of patients with abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms do not proceed to intervention after reaching treatment threshold diameter (55 mm for abdominal aneurysms and 60 mm for thoracic aneurysms) due to a combination of poor cardiovascular reserve, frailty, and aortic morphology. This patient cohort has a high mortality;1 however, there exist no studies on the palliative care and advance care planning they receive following discharge from the clinic.