Abstract
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is an important reason of deaths
due to congenital heart diseases in newborns. The first step of
palliative operations is generally performed between the first few days
and two weeks of their lives to ensure circulatory balance. Patients not
treated early are fatal. However, there are patients who can survive
without surgical intervention. As in our 2-year-old patient with no
growth retardation; protective mechanisms such as widely patent ductus
arteriosus, adequate coronary circulation, restrictive atrial septal
defect (ASD), normal pulmonary venous return and no significant arterial
obstruction can make this possible.