We are pleased to announce that the following 3 articles have been selected for the UEDA Heart Awards for the Year 2021.FIRST PLACEAge-Dependent Echocardiographic and Pathologic Findings in a Rat Model with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Generated by CRISPR/Cas9 Genome EditingHidetoshi Sugihara, Koichi Kimura, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Naomi Teramoto, Tomoko Okano, Masao Daimon, Hiroyuki Morita, Katsu Takenaka, Takanori Shiga, Jun Tanihata, Yoshitsugu Aoki, Tokiko Inoue-Nagamura, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Issei KomuroInt Heart J 2020; 61 (6): 1279-1284.SECOND PLACEExpression of Cyclophilin A in Coronary Artery Plaque with Intraplaque Hemorrhage Is More Frequent in Deceased Patients Who Had Impaired Kidney FunctionMai Nakai, Aiko Shimokado, Takashi Kubo, Yosuke Katayama, Tsuyoshi Nishiguchi, Manabu Kashiwagi, Kunihiro Shimamura, Yasutsugu Shiono, Akio Kuroi, Takashi Yamano, Takashi Tanimoto, Yoshiki Matsuo, Hironori Kitabata, Yasushi Ino, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Takeshi Hozumi, Takashi AkasakaInt Heart J 2020; 61 (6): 1129-1134.THIRD PLACEDiagnosing Heart Failure from Chest X-Ray Images Using Deep LearningTakuya Matsumoto, Satoshi Kodera, Hiroki Shinohara, Hirotaka Ieki, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Yasutomi Higashikuni, Arihiro Kiyosue, Kaoru Ito, Jiro Ando, Eiki Takimoto, Hiroshi Akazawa, Hiroyuki Morita, Issei KomuroInt Heart J 2020; 61 (4): 781-786.