How useful are post consultation letters to patients?

Table 2 Items circled by patients in both letters

Terms in cardiology letters	Terms in respiratory letters
Heart sounds 1+2	Apnoea syndrome
GTN	Nocturia
Myocardial	Polysomnography
Aortic	Pulmonary
Infarction – peak troponin	Bronchiectasis
Mitral regurgitation	Daytime somnolence
Cardiac syncope	Oropharyngeal isthmus
Atrial fibrillation	Haemoptysis
CCS class II	Nasal CPAP
0.7 peak gradient, 85 mean gradient 48 ejection fraction	FEV₁/FVC
OD	RCP score
Q waves	Spirometry

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