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Comedian and actor Robin Williams, who underwent successful heart surgery 10 days ago at the Cleveland Clinic, is expected to make a full recovery within eight weeks, according to a statement released Monday by Williams' publicist, Mara Buxbaum. "The 3 1/2-hour heart surgery was conducted to replace his aortic valve, repair his mitral valve, and correct his irregular heartbeat," A. Marc Gillinov, MD, a staff cardiothoracic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, says in the news release. In early March, Williams postponed upcoming performances of his one-man show, "Weapons of Self-Destruction," announcing that he needed to undergo surgery for an aortic valve replacement. Although initial news reports did not mention the problem with the mitral valve and the irregular heartbeat, they often occur together with aortic valve disease, says John Robertson, MD, director of thoracic and cardiac surgery at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. He did not treat Williams. "It's not uncommon when you have