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AIMS: The effects of three types of bariatric interventions on myocardial infarct size were tested in the rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We also evaluated the effects of bariatric surgery on no-reflow phenomenon and vascular dysfunction caused by T2DM. MAIN METHODS: Rats with T2DM were assigned into groups: without surgery, sham-operated, ileal transposition, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and sleeve gastrectomy. Oral glucose tolerance, glucagon-like peptide-1, and insulin levels were measured. Six weeks after surgery, the animals were subjected to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion followed by histochemical determination of infarct size (IS), no-reflow zone, and blood stasis area size. Vascular dysfunction was characterized using wire myography. KEY FINDINGS: All bariatric surgery types caused significant reductions in animal body weight and resulted in T2DM compensation. All bariatric interventions partially normalized glucagon-like peptide-1 responses attenuated by T2DM. IS was significantly smaller in animals with T2DM. Bariatric surgery provided no additional IS limitation compared with T2DM alone. Bariatric surgeries reversed T2DM-induced enhanced contractile responses of the mesenteric artery to 5-hydroxytryptamine. Sleeve gastrectomy normalized decreased nitric oxide synthase contribution to the endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in T2DM. SIGNIFICANCE: T2DM resulted in a reduction of infarct size and no-reflow zone size. Bariatric surgery provided no additional infarct-limiting effect, but it normalized T2DM-induced augmented vascular contractility and reversed decreased contribution of nitric oxide to endothelium-dependent vasodilatation typical of T2DM. All taken together, we suggest that this type of surgery may have a beneficial effect on T2DM-induced cardiovascular diseases.