Treatment of Vertebral Artery Stenosis

The main treatments for vertebral artery stenosis include oral medication, interventional therapy, and other treatments, as well as with Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. Conservative treatments such as oral medications are mainly for patients with mild vertebral artery stenosis with a stenosis rate of less than 70%. Calcium antagonist drugs such as nimodipine can dilate small arteries to relieve vertebral artery stenosis. If oral medications are not effective, minimally invasive interventional therapy can be considered. Minimally invasive interventions involve placing a stent at the site of the vertebral artery stenosis. The stenting procedure is used to dilate the narrowed vertebral artery, which serves to ensure that blood flow to the brain tissue is not reduced. Mild vertebral artery stenosis can also be considered in conjunction with Chinese medicine treatment, especially cerebral ischemia caused by cervical spine disease, also has a better effect on relieving the symptoms. The treatment of vertebral artery stenosis should master a principle, the first consideration is conservative treatment, that is to say, through oral medication, acupuncture and other treatments, to alleviate the adverse symptoms of vertebral artery stenosis brought to the patient, if the effect of conservative treatment is not good, and then consider interventional therapy and other measures.