Terms of Use

About this site

This site was formed to:

  • Provide a trustworthy resource for patients and their friends and family members to learn about atrial fibrillation, and its prevalence, causes and treatment options
  • Provide a resource for health care professionals to direct their patients and family members to when diagnosed with atrial fibrillation
  • Aid the patient-physician relationship for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation

This site is neither intended nor recommended as a substitute for professional medical care. We are not physicians, and your use of this site does not create a doctor-patient relationship with us. The content on this site is not intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. We encourage you to seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care professional with any questions you may have regarding your medical condition or treatment.

Site funding
The creation and ongoing development of this site is privately funded by St. Jude Medical, Inc. This site does not accept advertising.

Privacy of children
We care about protecting the privacy of children online. This site is not designed for use by children under age 13 and we do not intentionally collect any personal information from them. If you believe that information was collected from a child under age 13, please contact please contact webmaster@afanswers.com

Links to other sites
As a convenience, we may provide links to information located outside this Web site. We do not control, influence, review or monitor the content or privacy practices of these other sites. We are not responsible for the performance of these sites or their content. Your use of these sites subjects you to their terms, conditions and privacy policies.

Copyright
The text, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips, video clips, audio-video clips and materials on this site belong to or are licensed to us. You may download or print copies of these materials for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not publish or post any part of this Web site on another Internet site, publish or broadcast any part of the content on the site on any other media, or modify or alter the content in any way without obtaining the prior written consent of St. Jude Medical, Inc. If you would like to obtain permission, you may send an e-mail to please contact webmaster@afanswers.com

Linking to this site
You may link to this site and you agree that the link will not appear on any site that engages in illegal activities or that a reasonable person would find obscene, harassing, defamatory, grossly offensive or malicious. Under no circumstances may you frame this site or portions of this site to another server without prior written permission. Direct linking (a.k.a. “hotlinking”) to images, graphics or other content on this site is expressly prohibited. If you would like to obtain permission, you may send an e-mail to please contact webmaster@afanswers.com

Feedback, comments and ideas
We welcome your questions and feedback through this site. This site is not intended to be a substitute for competent, professional medical care, and we cannot diagnose, treat or offer specific medical advice to any individual. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care professional with any questions you may have regarding your medical condition or treatment.

By submitting information through this site you understand that information transmitted is considered non-personal, non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be used by St. Jude Medical for any purpose on an unrestricted, royalty-free basis, and you grant irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, transmit, distribute and display that information. You also agree that we may use the information transmitted to contact you to answer questions.

Contact
If you have questions regarding the terms of use, please contact webmaster@afanswers.com or send a letter to the following address:

St. Jude Medical
Attn: AF Division e-Communications
6500 Wedgwood Road
Maple Grove, MN 55311

 

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