Intervention: There will provided education about what is heart failure, its causes, how to recognize signs and symptoms, monitoring of weight and blood pressure, the importance of compliance to treatment. Patients will be instructed about the medications they are using. A guide to rest and exercise, sexual activity, vaccines, travel and diet (water and salt restriction) will be provided. The involvement of the family will be encouraged and reinforced at every home visit. The contact with the team should be done when: patient observes an increase of 1 or 2 kg of weight in 2-3 days, worsening of dyspnea on effort, edema in legs / abdomen, worsening of cough, persistent vomiting, syncope, sputum with blood, fever, persistent tachycardia, motor deficit / paralysis and / or unexplained chest pain. In phone calls made between home visits, the compliance to treatment will be evaluated and reinforced.