In a 75‑year‑old woman with atrial fibrillation, permanent pacemaker, mechanical mitral valve on warfarin, hypertension, prior ischemic stroke, dementia, and asthma who presents with new tachycardia, elevated troponin, possible L1 compression fracture after a fall, negative lower‑extremity duplex for deep‑vein thrombosis, and a new posterior‑medial right hepatic lobe lesion on CT, what is the recommended inpatient evaluation and management?

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