A patio door is not a separate product. It is a sliding, lift and slide, folding or casement door installed at the edge of a garden, terrace, pool deck or courtyard. What makes it different is the location. It sits at an outdoor level change, it takes rain and splashes, and it is used by children, pets and people carrying things.
Because of that, the choice is driven by threshold, drainage, security and flyscreen far more than by sightline. Light and view are the easy part. The threshold and the water path decide whether the door works on a wet day.