Each year, the Heart editorial team selects the most meritorious research paper to receive the Heart Best Research Paper Award. Primary considerations are the relevance of the clinical question addressed by the research, the quality of the research study design and data presentation and the interest generated by the paper among other researchers, clinical cardiologists and the general public. This year, we are pleased to announce the winner and two finalists for the 2021 Heart Best Paper Research Award, highlighting the first author of each paper and sincerely congratulating the entire research team on their outstanding research contribution (table 1). Each of the authors contributed the text below summarising their background, research goals and the key findings of these studies. View this table: Table 1 Heart Best Research Paper Award winner and finalists 2020 Julia Hippisley-Cox (figure 1) is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and General Practice at the University of Oxford and an NHS GP in Oxfordshire. She undertakes research to advance understanding of many diseases using routinely collected large-scale linked electronic health records. She is particularly interested in translational research where the results can lead to improvements in patient care and the health services. …

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2021 年心脏最佳研究论文奖

每年，Heart 编辑团队都会评选出最有价值的研究论文，获得 Heart 最佳研究论文奖。主要考虑因素是研究解决的临床问题的相关性、研究设计和数据呈现的质量以及论文在其他研究人员、临床心脏病学家和公众中产生的兴趣。今年，我们很高兴地宣布 2021 年心脏最佳论文研究奖的获奖者和两名决赛入围者，突出了每篇论文的第一作者，并衷心祝贺整个研究团队做出的杰出研究贡献（表 1）。每位作者都贡献了以下文字，总结了他们的背景、研究目标和这些研究的主要发现。查看此表：表 1 心脏最佳研究论文奖获得者和入围者 2020 年 Julia Hippisley-Cox（图 1）是牛津大学临床流行病学和一般实践教授，也是牛津郡的 NHS 全科医生。她使用常规收集的大规模链接电子健康记录进行研究，以促进对许多疾病的了解。她对转化研究特别感兴趣，其结果可以改善患者护理和卫生服务。… 她对转化研究特别感兴趣，其结果可以改善患者护理和卫生服务。… 她对转化研究特别感兴趣，其结果可以改善患者护理和卫生服务。…