A series of (5-arylfuran-2-ylcarbonyl) guanidines was synthesized and evaluated for the NHE-1 inhibitory activity and cardiprotective efficacy against ischemia-reperfusion injury. Starting with (5-phenylfuran-2-ylcarbonyl) guanidine 47 with a moderate inhibitory effect on NHE-1, the compounds with various substituents at the phenyl ring were investigated with the aim to optimize the potency. In this study, the 2, 5-disubstituted compounds appeared ...