Medical apparatus and instruments for use in cardiac and vascular prognostic, therapeutic, and diagnostic testing, namely, diagnostic tests or test kits comprised of blood and tissue collection apparatus and biological sample shipment apparatus for use in biological sample collection and storage for medical laboratory use, namely, for use in analysis of gene expression, genetics, single nucleotide polymorphism, haplotypes, proteins, and other analytes in biological samples, for the diagnosis of diseases, for the monitoring and prediction of disease incidence and progression, and for determining drug responses