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Despite the advances of both TAVI and Perceval, robust long-term data and clear patient selection criteria are still lacking. This retrospective single-center study reports the outcomes of patients undergoing isolated AVR with the Perceval sutureless valve or with TAVI. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients undergoing isolated AVR at our institution between April 2013 and December 2024. Of 1006 eligible patients (424 TAVI; 582 Perceval), propensity score matching was performed for age, sex, EuroSCORE II, body surface area, and comorbidities, yielding 197 matched pairs. Primary endpoints were all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Secondary endpoints included acute kidney injury, permanent pacemaker implantation, stroke, pericardial effusion, ICU stay, and overall hospital stay. Clinical and echocardiographic follow-up was obtained by medical-record review and routine echocardiography, with an additional prospective clinical and echocardiographic evaluation at 6\u201312 months. Results: Postprocedural paravalvular leak was significantly more frequent after TAVI than after Perceval AVR (23.4% vs. 2.5%; p &lt; 0.001). At 6\u201312 months, TAVI was associated with greater aortic regurgitation and higher rates of para- and intra-prosthetic leak (both p &lt; 0.001) and higher mean transvalvular gradients, particularly in small and medium valve sizes. ICU and overall hospital stay were longer after Perceval implantation (both p &lt; 0.001). New permanent pacemaker implantation was numerically higher after TAVI (11.2% vs. 5.6%; p = 0.063). Early mortality was similar; however, 1-year mortality was higher after TAVI (16.2% vs. 9.1%; p = 0.045), and Kaplan\u2013Meier analysis demonstrated better overall survival with Perceval (p &lt; 0.001), while cardiovascular survival did not differ significantly (p = 0.851). Conclusions: Our study underscores the importance of meticulous patient selection when choosing between TAVI and Perceval. Perceval implantation was associated with better long-term overall survival than TAVI in the propensity-matched cohort. Paravalvular leaks were more frequent after TAVI and associated with poorer survival. Both approaches achieve excellent outcomes; however, differences in long-term survival and valve performance highlight the need for a personalized treatment strategy guided by a multidisciplinary heart team.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina62030476","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,3]],"date-time":"2026-03-03T12:48:56Z","timestamp":1772542136000},"page":"476","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Transcatheter Versus Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement: A Propensity-Matched Single-Center Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"62","author":[{"given":"Nikoleta","family":"Stanitsa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiac Surgery Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, 106 76 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emmanouel","family":"Tempelis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiac Surgery Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, 106 76 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ilias","family":"Samiotis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiac Surgery Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, 106 76 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dimitris","family":"Oikonomou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, 106 76 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Triantafyllou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, 106 76 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"George","family":"Lazopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital, 715 00 Heraklion, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Periklis","family":"Tomos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thoracic Surgery Department, Attikon University Hospital, 12 462 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Panagiotis","family":"Dedeilias","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiac Surgery Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, 106 76 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"122","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcin.2007.11.010","article-title":"Percutaneous aortic valve replacement will become a common treatment for aortic valve disease","volume":"1","author":"Webb","year":"2008","journal-title":"JACC Cardiovasc. 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