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I’ve read many amateur diagnoses on FR and elsewhere but I’m not sure I have read this theory, put forth by a board certified medical professional.

He says the coughing is a result of cardiac arrythimia which is to say, PVCs, commonly known as A-fib or a premature heartbeat. Cough syncope is another symptom, which is when a person momentarily loses consciousness during coughing. The connection between these conditions is explained in a medical paper here:

http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/30/2/391

The proponent of this theory also suggested that she is intentionally ignoring or minimizing the symptoms because the tests (including wearing an event recorder for a week or more that would record all heart anomalies) that would be done when a person normally would show up at their doctor’s office with these sysptoms would result in significant curtailment of activities and a medical treatment regimen that would make campaigning impossible.

There is some plausibility in this theory, because the symptoms are such that they can be ignored - for a while. He also offered the opinion that a person with this kind of heart arrythimia could be at high risk.

I’ve read many amateur diagnoses on FR and elsewhere but I’m not sure I have read this theory, put forth by a board certified medical professional.

While I would hesitate to argue with a "board certified medical professional", especially as an "amateur", but this is nonsense.

The proponent of this theory also suggested that she is intentionally ignoring or minimizing the symptoms because the tests (including wearing an event recorder for a week or more that would record all heart anomalies) that would be done when a person normally would show up at their doctor’s office with these sysptoms would result in significant curtailment of activities and a medical treatment regimen that would make campaigning impossible.

I am wearing such a recorder right now. I just got back from running on the treadmill, and am probably going to be lifting weights tomorrow morning. All in all, I don't see my activities being "significantly curtailed", unless perhaps she were a lumberjack, in which case the recording device may have to be periodically reattached, a process that would take about 5 seconds.

The medical treatment that you mention, is similarly nonsense. The primary lines of defense are beta blockers and blood thinners, neither of which would make campaigning "impossible". The rhythm control drugs are more significant in terms of side effects, but generally manageable. But they are also quite optional, given that the long term damage of afib has never been proven (outside of the increased stroke risk, which is easily reduced).

There is some plausibility in this theory, because the symptoms are such that they can be ignored - for a while. He also offered the opinion that a person with this kind of heart arrythimia could be at high risk.

High risk of what? Stroke? With blood thinners, the risk is eliminated or reduced significantly. Other kinds of heart disease. The linkage between afib and heart disease is heavily debated amongst cardiologists, and may be quite weak or non-existent.

Any "board certified medical professional" who throws out a "theory" based on youtube videos, no matter how impressive the title "board certified medical professional" is, is an idiot. And to do so when the primary symptom is coughing, which happens to be a main symptom of about a billion different conditions, is an even bigger idiot. Even more so than "amateurs".