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Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death among firefighters in the United States. Fire departments commonly maintain physical examination protocols, often with exercise stress testing, to detect risk of coronary heart disease.We sought to determine whether coronary calcium detected by electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) adds incremental risk stratification beyond the traditional risk...