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Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 26 children with isolated PLSVC and 26 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. All participants underwent transthoracic echocardiography and electrocardiographic analysis. Coronary sinus diameters were measured and indexed to body surface area. Electrocardiographic parameters reflecting atrial conduction and ventricular repolarization heterogeneity, including P-wave dispersion, QTc dispersion, Tp\u2013e interval, and indices of cardiac electrophysiological balance (QT\/QRS and QTc\/QRS), were evaluated. Results: P-wave dispersion (62.15 \u00b1 14.78 vs. 35.59 \u00b1 10.02 ms, p &lt; 0.001), QTc dispersion (99.66 \u00b1 30.10 vs. 40.45 \u00b1 10.78 ms, p &lt; 0.001), and Tp\u2013e dispersion (67.29 \u00b1 19.10 vs. 38.42 \u00b1 7.13 ms, p &lt; 0.001) were significantly higher in the PLSVC group. QT\/QRS (4.33 \u00b1 0.59 vs. 3.78 \u00b1 0.36, p &lt; 0.001) and QTc\/QRS (5.48 \u00b1 0.91 vs. 4.61 \u00b1 0.36, p &lt; 0.001) ratios were also increased. Coronary sinus measurements showed weak and inconsistent correlations with electrocardiographic parameters. Conclusions: Children with isolated PLSVC exhibit significant electrocardiographic alterations reflecting atrial and ventricular electrical heterogeneity. These findings suggest that PLSVC may be associated with subclinical electrophysiological abnormalities beyond a benign anatomical variant. 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