Transplant Kidney Ultrasound in London
Specialist Doppler surveillance of a transplanted kidney — graft structure, blood flow and resistive indices, measured meticulously and reported directly to your transplant team.
- Graft size, structure and peri-graft collections assessed
- Arterial and venous flow with resistive indices at multiple levels
- Structured for direct comparison with your surveillance history
- Report to you and your team, usually within two hours
- Referral from your transplant team required — the one scan we do not accept by self-referral
CQC-registered clinic · Provider ID 1-2775844974 · HCPC-registered sonographers
What does a transplant kidney ultrasound assess?
A specialised Doppler examination of the graft — the kidney itself, sitting in its transplanted position in the iliac fossa, and the blood vessels that keep it alive. We assess the graft’s size and structure, look for fluid collections around it, check for any swelling of its drainage system, and — the heart of the examination — interrogate the arterial and venous blood flow, measuring resistive indices at multiple points through the kidney. These flow measurements are among the earliest windows into how a graft is coping.
Why is this scan referral-only?
Transplant patients come to us strictly referred by their consultant nephrologist or transplant team, as part of rigorous surveillance for blood-flow changes and early signs of rejection.
Self-referral is entirely inappropriate here — not as gatekeeping, but as clinical honesty. Interpreting the delicate haemodynamics and resistive indices of a graft is impossible without knowing your precise baseline and complex clinical history. A number that is normal for one transplant is an alarm bell for another; only your transplant team holds that context. Our role is to produce meticulous, comparable measurements. Theirs is to interpret them against your history.
You have pain or swelling over the graft, a sudden drop in urine output, fever, or feel suddenly unwell. Transplant units run 24-hour advice lines for exactly these moments — they are always your first call, and they will direct any imaging needed.
- Graft size and structure
- Peri-graft collections
- Drainage system
- Arterial and venous flow
- Resistive indices
- Your referral letter
- The clinical question
- Baseline values if known
- Recent blood results
- Prior imaging reports
How do I arrange a transplant kidney scan?
Many patients use us between hospital appointments, where travel or waiting times make the unit’s own slots difficult.
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Referral from your transplant teamYour nephrologist or transplant unit provides the referral, the clinical question and, ideally, your baseline values.
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The examination, around 30 minutesNo fasting needed. Arrive with a comfortably full bladder if your referral requests bladder assessment.
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Methodical Doppler measurementThe graft examined in detail, with measurements taken at the levels your team expects, so the numbers are directly comparable.
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Report to you and your teamStructured measurements, resistive indices and images, sent to your transplant team with your consent, usually within two hours.
Why comparable measurements matter more than single numbers
Graft surveillance is a time series, not a snapshot. The value lies in consistency.
Resistive indices in context
A resistive index is meaningful only against the graft’s own history and the clinical picture. The same figure can be entirely normal or a reason to act, depending on whose kidney it is.
Protocol consistency
Measurements taken at the same levels, in the same way, each time are what make a trend visible. We scan to the protocol your unit specifies rather than our own preference.
Early signals
Flow changes often precede blood-test changes, which is why surveillance imaging exists at all — and why the discipline of the measurement matters as much as the equipment.
Why do patients choose IUS London?
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Transplant kidney scans — your questions answered
Why can I not self-refer for this scan?
What does it cost, and what is included?
Can my native kidneys be checked too?
Do you liaise with my hospital?
How quickly can I be seen?
What if something concerning is found?
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Patient information: preparing for your scan · how results and reports work
Where can you get a transplant kidney ultrasound in London?
At IUS London — our CQC-registered clinic in Kensington, three minutes on foot from Notting Hill Gate station (Central, Circle and District lines).
5a Lucerne Mews, Kensington, London W8 4ED
30-minute appointments — between your hospital visits
0203 051 6506 · Directions & parking
Getting here is the easy part
By tube: Notting Hill Gate — three minutes on foot.
By bus: Routes along Notting Hill Gate and Kensington Church Street stop nearby.
By car: On-street parking nearby — full options in directions & parking.
Surveillance your team can build on
Meticulous measurements, comparable reports, and direct liaison with your unit. Ask your transplant team for a referral, then call us to arrange the appointment.
Kensington, London W8 4ED
3 mins from Notting Hill Gate
Written and clinically reviewed by the HCPC-registered sonographers who perform this scan at IUS London — a CQC-registered diagnostic ultrasound clinic (Provider ID 1-2775844974). Your own findings are explained to you at the scan and set out in your report.
Author: Yianni Kiromitis, Senior Sonographer, HCPC RA38415
Medically reviewed: 26 July 2026