The present invention provides a condensed furan compound of the formula
(I): ##STR00001## wherein Ring X is benzene, pyridine, or the like; Y is
an optionally substituted amino, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, an
optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted saturated
heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted unsaturated heterocyclic
group; A is a single bond, lower alkylene, lower alkenylidene, lower
alkenylene or an oxygen atom; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or the like; and,
R.sup.4 is hydrogen, or the like, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts
thereof, which is useful as a medicament, particularly, as an activated
blood coagulation factor X inhibitor.