The Department of Cardiology was the first in the Netherlands to implant the Parachute-III device into the heart of a patient with ischemic heart failure. An Interventional Cardiologist uses a catheter to guide the material through the coronary artery and the aortic valve to the correct place. The parachute is then deployed to create a partition between the good and bad parts of the heart. The aneurysmatic tissue no longer participates in heart function so that blood can no longer accumulate there.

The Department of Cardiology at the UMC Utrecht is the first hospital in the Netherlands to have a bedside device that can test patients' oral mucosa to establish within the hour whether patients have a certain gene variant. Patients undergoing angioplasty after a heart attack need blood-thinners to reduce the risk of new constrictions in their blood vessels. This test allows cardiologists to choose the correct dose and type of blood-thinners immediately.