[Problem] To provide an excellent therapeutic or prophylactic agent for cardiovascular diseases on the basis of cGMP production-increasing activity attributed to soluble guanylate cyclase-activating activity. [Solution] It was discovered that an imidazopyridine compound having a carbamoyl group at the 3-position of an imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine skeleton and having a substituent attached to the 8-position of the skeleton through an oxygen atom exhibits cGMP production-increasing activity attributed to potent soluble guanylate cyclase-activating activity and can be used in an excellent therapeutic or prophylactic agent for various cardiovascular diseases associated with soluble guanylate cyclase, and the invention was completed.
