“After the procedure, I could feel the rush of blood through my feet. That was a wonderful thing,” says Robinson, who has been a minister for more than 20 years and is making plans to open a new church in Gibsonville. “For every patient we treat for peripheral artery disease, there are probably 10 others who don’t get diagnosed,” Berry says. “Failure to diagnose is a real concern, because blockages in the legs can be indicators of increased likelihood of heart disease.” Patient Outcomes: By the time Patricia Robinson had her first appointment with Cone Health’s Jonathan Berry, MD, she had been having foot pain for seven years. “I used to have a lot of pain in my left foot. It was so severe at times I had to just stop or else I would fall,” Robinson says. Before moving to Greensboro in 2016, Robinson had seen several specialists for her pain. None had found the real cause: peripheral artery disease. That changed when Robinson visited Vickie Henson, a family nurse practitioner at Cone Health’s Piedmont Family Medicine. Henson referred Robinson to Berry, and tests showed she had a 100 percent blockage in her left leg and a 90 percent blockage in her right. Berry performed two successful endovascular interventions to open the blockages and restore blood flow. Getting relief from the pain of peripheral artery disease Vascular Disease “My feet look good enough to paint my toes and go to the beach. I'm looking forward to it.” — Patricia Robinson Jonathan Berry, MD, and Patricia Robinson 28 29 CONE HEALTH | THE NETWORK FOR EXCEPTIONAL CARE CONE HEALTH | HEART AND VASCULAR CENTER